Arrays are useful for arguments, e.g. FOO_ARGS=( # Some explanatory comment --my-arg 'some value' # More comments some other args #...

Arrays are useful for arguments, e.g. FOO_ARGS=( # Some explanatory comment --my-arg 'some value' # More comments some other args #... ) myCondition && FOO_ARGS+=(some conditional args) foo "${FOO_ARGS[@]}"