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Your code adds all three elements to the list. You can see this if you add a line inside the while loop: echo "$line" However, if you give the command echo $my_array, it will only show you the...
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FractionalRadix
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2021-03-22T17:54:46Z (about 3 years ago)
Your code adds all three elements to the list. You can see this if you add a line inside the `while` loop:
echo "$line"
However, if you give the command `echo $my_array`, it will only show you the first element.
(I'm not yet sure why, because I don't do a lot of shell scripting. I'll edit this answer once I find out. I've got a feeling it's supposed to work this way).
To show the entire array, you need `declare -p my_array`, or write another loop that lists all the elements.
Source used: https://www.tutorialkart.com/bash-shell-scripting/bash-array/