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Q&A How to read lines into an array in Bash

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...

posted 3y ago by FractionalRadix‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar FractionalRadix‭ · 2021-03-22T17:54:46Z (over 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/