How to pass an array as function argument?

• Expanding an array without an index only gives the first element, use

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  copyFiles "${array[@]}"
  

  instead of

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  copyFiles $array
  

• Use a she-bang

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  #!/bin/bash
  

• Use the correct function syntax

  Valid variants are

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  function copyFiles {…}
  function copyFiles(){…}
  function copyFiles() {…}
  

  instead of

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  function copyFiles{…}
  

• Use the right syntax to get the array parameter

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  arr=("$@")
  

  instead of

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  arr="$1"
  

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Therefore

#!/bin/bash
function copyFiles() {
   arr=("$@")
   for i in "${arr[@]}";
      do
          echo "$i"
      done

}

array=("one 1" "two 2" "three 3")

copyFiles "${array[@]}"

Output is (my script has the name foo)

$ ./foo   
one 1
two 2
three 3

If you want to pass one or more arguments AND an array, I propose this change to the script of @A.B.
Array should be the last argument and only one array can be passed

#!/bin/bash
function copyFiles() {
   local msg="$1"   # Save first argument in a variable
   shift            # Shift all arguments to the left (original $1 gets lost)
   local arr=("$@") # Rebuild the array with rest of arguments
   for i in "${arr[@]}";
      do
          echo "$msg $i"
      done
}

array=("one" "two" "three")

copyFiles "Copying" "${array[@]}"

Output:

$ ./foo   
Copying one
Copying two
Copying three

You could also pass the array as a reference. i.e.:

#!/bin/bash

function copyFiles {
   local -n arr=$1

   for i in "${arr[@]}"
   do
      echo "$i"
   done
}

array=("one" "two" "three")

copyFiles array

but note that any modifications to arr will be made to array.