You could build up a new array without the undesired element, then assign it back to the old array. This works in bash:

array=(pluto pippo) new_array=() for value in "${array[@]}" do [[ $value != pluto ]] && new_array+=($value) done array=("${new_array[@]}") unset new_array 

This yields:

echo "${array[@]}" pippo 

You could build up a new array without the undesired element, then assign it back to the old array. This works in bash:

array=(pluto pippo) new_array=() for value in "${array[@]}" do [[ $value != pluto ]] && new_array+=("$value") done array=("${new_array[@]}") unset new_array 

This yields:

echo "${array[@]}" pippo