Bash associative arrays error - bash

Question

I seem to have this problem. This code breaks at line 119 in my script with bash associative arrays. I am sorry for the comments but I am kind to new to bash scripting. This is the code:
#!/bin/bash
# Aliases file
# Command usage: cpRecent/mvRecent -d {dirFrom},{dirTo} -n {numberofFiles} -e {editTheNames}
# Error codes
NO_ARGS="You need to pass in an argument"
INVALID_OPTION="Invaild option:"
NO_DIRECTORY="No directory found"
# Return values
fullpath=
directories=
numfiles=
interactive=
typeset -a files
typeset -A filelist
# Advise that you use relative paths
__returnFullPath(){
local npath
if [[ -d $1 ]]; then
cd "$(dirname $1)"
npath="$PWD/$(basename $1)"
npath="$npath/" #Add a slash
npath="${npath%.*}" #Delete .
fi
fullpath=${npath:=""}
}
__usage(){
wall <<End-Of-Message
________________________________________________
<cpRecent/mvRecent> -d "<d1>,<d2>" -n <num> [-i]
-d First flag: Takes two arguments
-n Second flag: Takes one argument
-i Takes no arguments. Interactive mode
d1 Directory we are reading from
d2 Directory we are writing to
num Number of files
________________________________________________
End-Of-Message
}
__processOptions(){
while getopts ":d:n:i" opt; do
case $opt in
d ) IFS=',' read -r -a directories <<< "$OPTARG";;
n ) numfiles=$OPTARG;;
i ) interactive=1;;
\? ) echo "$INVALID_OPTION -$OPTARG" >&2 ; return 1;;
: ) echo "$NO_ARGS"; __usage; return 1;;
* ) __usage; return 1;;
esac
done
}
__getRecentFiles(){
# Check some conditions
(( ${#directories[#]} != 2 )) && echo "$INVALID_OPTION Number of directories must be 2" && return 2
#echo ${directories[0]} ${directories[1]}
# Get the full paths of the directories to be read from/written to
__returnFullPath "${directories[0]}"
directories[0]="$fullpath"
__returnFullPath "${directories[1]}"
directories[1]="$fullpath"
if [[ -z ${directories[0]} || -z ${directories[1]} ]]; then
echo $NO_DIRECTORY
return 3
fi
[[ numfiles != *[!0-9]* ]] && echo "$INVALID_OPTION Number of files cannot be a string" && return 4
#numfiles=$(($numfiles + 0))
(( $numfiles == 0 )) && echo "$INVALID_OPTION Number of files cannot be zero" && return 4
local num="-"$numfiles""
# Get the requested files in directory(skips directories)
if [[ -n "$(ls -t ${directories[0]} | head $num)" ]]; then
# For some reason using local -a or declare -a does not seem to split the string into two
local tempfiles=($(ls -t ${directories[0]} | head $num))
#IFS=' ' read -r -a tempfiles <<< "$string"
#echo ${tempfiles[#]}
for index in "${!tempfiles[#]}"; do
echo $index ${tempfiles[index]}
[[ -f "${directories[0]}${tempfiles[index]}" ]] && files+=("${tempfiles[index]}")
done
fi
}
####################################
# The problem is this piece of code
__processLines(){
local name
local answer
local dirFrom
local dirTo
if [[ -n $interactive ]]; then
for (( i=0; i< ${#files[#]}; i++ )); do
name=${files[i]}
read -n 1 -p "Old name: $name. Do you wish to change the name(y/n)?" answer
[[ answer="y" ]] && read -p "Enter new name:" name
dirFrom="${directories[0]}${files[i]}"
dirTo="${directories[1]}$name"
fileslist["$dirFrom"]="$dirTo"
done
else
for line in $files; do
dirFrom="${directories[0]}$line"
echo $dirFrom # => /home/reclusiarch/Documents/test
dirTo="${directories[1]}$line"
echo $dirTo # => /home/reclusiarch/test
fileslist["$dirFrom"]="$dirTo" # This is the offending line
done
fi
}
###########################################################
cpRecent(){
__processOptions $*
__getRecentFiles
__processLines
for line in "${!filelist[#]}"; do
cp $line ${filelist[$line]}
done
echo "You have copied ${#fileList[#]} files"
unset files
unset filelist
return
}
mvRecent(){
__processOptions $*
__getRecentFiles
__processLines
for line in "${!filelist[#]}"; do
mv $line ${filelist[$line]}
done
echo "You have copied ${#fileList[#]} files"
unset files
unset filelist
return
}
cpRecent "$*"
I have tried a lot of things. To run the script,
$ bash -x ./testing.sh -d "Documents,." -n 2
But nothing seems to work:
The error is this(when using bash -x):
./testing.sh: line 119: /home/reclusiarch/Documents/test: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/home/reclusiarch/Documents/test")
If I run that section on the command line, it works:
$ typeset -A filelist
$ filelist["/home/reclusiarch/Documents/test"]=/home/reclusiarch/test
$ echo ${filelist["/home/reclusiarch/Documents/test"]}
/home/reclusiarch/test
Thanks for your help!!
Edit: I intially pared down the script to the piece of offending code but that might make it not run. Again, if you want to test it, you could run the bash command given. (The script ideally would reside in the user's $HOME directory).
Edit: Solved (Charles Duffy solved it) It was a simple mistake of forgetting which name was which.

Answer 1

Your declaration is:
typeset -A filelist
However, your usage is:
fileslist["$dirFrom"]="$dirTo"
fileslist is not filelist.