How to reference multiple string values in array in Shell script - bash

Question

I am trying to store multiple string in for loop but it giving me unwanted answer.
My code is :
#!/bin/bash
declare -a arr=("ps -ef | grep icsmpgum | grep $USER | grep -v grep | awk '{print $9,$8}' | awk '{print $1}'")
for i in "${arr[#]}"
do
echo "$i"
done
The output of
ps -ef | grep icsmpgum | grep $USER | grep -v grep | awk '{print $9,$8}' | awk '{print $1}'
is :
icsmpgum
ABC
DEF
I want to refer to these 3 string values in for loop but after applying for loop as mention above it giving me output as :
Output :
ps -ef | grep icsmpgum | grep tsaprm1 | grep -v grep | awk '{print ,}' | awk '{print }'
How should I store these string values in variables ?

Answer 1

You need to use a command substitution, rather than quoting the command:
arr=( $(ps -ef | grep icsmpgum | grep $USER | grep -v grep | awk '{print $9,$8}' | awk '{print $1}') )
I suspect that this will work but there's a lot of further tidying up to be done; all the filtering that you want to do is possible in one call to awk:
arr=( $(ps -ef | awk -v user="$USER" '!/awk/ && /icsmpgum/ && $0 ~ user { print $9 }') )
As mentioned in the comments, there are potential risks to building an array like this (e.g. glob characters such as * would be expanded and you would end up with extra values in the array). A safer option would be to use a process substitution:
read -ra arr < <(ps -ef | awk -v user="$USER" '!/awk/ && /icsmpgum/ && $0 ~ user { print $9 }')