How to assign each line in a text to an array in shell scripting?

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I have a text file named "raj.txt" containing following content:

raj magesh popey ravi

How can I assign each word to array element? a[0]=raj a[1]=magesh a[2]=popey a[3]=ravi

each line or word in a line to array?

SMA
– SMA

2014-11-13 08:58:22 +00:00
Commented Nov 13, 2014 at 8:58 — SMA
– SMA, Commented Nov 13, 2014 at 8:58

cuonglm · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-13 09:41:01Z

1

Try bash:

while IFS= read -r line
do
   set -- $line
   echo "$1"
   echo "$2"
done < file

edited Nov 13, 2014 at 9:41

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answered Nov 13, 2014 at 9:01

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cuonglm · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-13 09:15:01Z

0

If your shell support array, like bash, zsh, ksh93, try:

$ array=($(<filename))
$ printf '%s\n' "${array[0]}"
raj
$ printf '%s\n' "${array[1]}"
magesh
$ printf '%s\n' "${array[2]}"
popey
$ printf '%s\n' "${array[3]}"
ravi

edited Nov 13, 2014 at 9:15

answered Nov 13, 2014 at 9:05

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