readarray

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Read lines from `stdin` into an array.

Examples (7)

Interactively input lines into an array

readarray array_name

Read lines from a file and insert them in an array

readarray < path/to/file.txt array_name

Remove [t]railing deliminators (newline by default)

readarray < path/to/file.txt -t array_name

Copy at most `n` lines

readarray < path/to/file.txt -n n array_name

[s]kip the first `n` lines

readarray < path/to/file.txt -s n array_name

Define a custom [d]elimiter

readarray < path/to/file.txt -d delimiter array_name

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