How can I use an applescript list (copied to the clipboard) in a bash array?

Question

In applescript I use the following code to set the clipboard to a list (array): set the clipboard to {"4", "4", "5"}

Is it possible to assign the items of the list in the clipboard to a bash array? In applescript, the code for assigning the list items (from the clipboard) to a variable looks like this: set theList to list of (the clipboard) . What would be the bash equivalent for this code?

Thank you!

Answer 1

My answer to my question is as it follows. There's no Bash equivalent to set theList to list of (the clipboard) . But, there's this code that puts the content of the clipboard into a variable called "clipboard" (provided that the clipboard contains items separated by space or on separate lines).

#!/bin/bash

clipboard="$(pbpaste)" # get the content of the clipboard
theList=( $clipboard ) # make an array from the clipboard content

echo ${theList[1]} # proof that "theList" is an array