Store filenames from linux “ls” command into separate array/list elements

Question

How do I store "just" the file names and their associated extension into an array or list in a "bash" script? In a way that every filename is stored in a separate element WITHOUT other file information that ls spits out like the date created or the permission levels...

Answer 1

I like to do:

filelist=`ls -1 /somedir/`

and then iterate over $filelist.

ls -1 will only show the filenames without any of the other attributes.

Answer 2

Something like this:

root@myserver-1-00:~# filelist=($(ls))
root@myserver-1-00:~# echo $filelist
Desktop
root@myserver-1-00:~# echo ${filelist[0]}
Desktop
root@myserver-1-00:~# echo ${filelist[1]}
Documents
root@myserver-1-00:~# echo ${filelist[2]}
Downloads

variable=($(yourcommand)) --> makes the output to be assigned as an array