bash array from find command length

Question

I have the following code:

filelist="$(find $name -type f | sort)";
echo "$filelist";
echo "${#filelist[@]}"

My array contains many elements but the last command says my array contains only one element. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You need to use parentheses to have bash recognize it as an array.

filelist=($(find $name -type f | sort))
echo ${#filelist[@]}