#!/bin/bash declare -a color declare -a XCOLOR_OLD declare -a XCOLOR_NEW # Create array with old colors for (( i = 0; i < 8; i++ )); do color[$i]="$(echo color$i)" XCOLOR_OLD[$i]="$(cat ~/.Xresources | grep -m 1 ${color[$i]} | awk '{print $2}')" echo ${XCOLOR_OLD[$i]} done