I wrote this script to store some information about my machine such as the users and the running processes .

I tried to store the retrieved data into an array. To test array I printed the length of an array as follows :

#!/bin/bash





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openFilesCount=$(lsof -Fn -u teeba| sort  | uniq | grep /home | wc -l);



openPortsCount=$(lsof -Fn -u teeba| sort  | uniq | grep /home | wc -l);



readingTime=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%T);



usersArr=$(awk -F: '$3 >= 1000 && $1 != "nobody" {print $1}' /etc/passwd);



pidsArr=$(ps axo pid);



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echo "${#usersArr[@]}";

The output is 1 ... although the users are three ? do I need to split the retrieved data on "
" for example before store it in the array ? if yes , how ?