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Reading numbers from text file and storing in array

Dear all!

I'm writing a bash script where I read a text file (containing a column of numbers) and store each line in an array. There seem to be some problems with the whole thing however, but only for some files and not others. Here's what I do:

Code:

#!/bin/bash 

file=time_notOk.txt ### The file with a column of numbers

i=0 ### Array counter



### Read the file

exec 3<$file



### Loop over each line of the file and store in array

while read value <&3

do

        array[$i]=$value        

        echo test1 ${array[$i]} test2        

        i=$(($i+1))

done

Running this I get the echo output (from the loop):

Code:

 

 test20

 test21

 test22

 test23

 test24

 test25

 test26

...

Apparently something's wrong! When I read another file however, just the same but with other numbers in it, it works and I get the output as it should be:

Code:

test1 0 test2

test1 10 test2

test1 20 test2

test1 30 test2

test1 40 test2

test1 50 test2

test1 60 test2

...

I've attached the two text files. Is there something wrong with my input files or the code? Thanks!
Ida

time_notOk.txt has DOS/Windows line ends on all but the last line. These can be seen in vi or using the od command. Fix by, for example, using fromdos command.

Dear catkin,
Thank you so much for your reply! You're a lifesaver! I ran the dos2unix (fromdos) command and converted my files and now it's working properly... Thank you!
Ida

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin (Post 3981843)

time_notOk.txt has DOS/Windows line ends on all but the last line. These can be seen in vi or using the od command. Fix by, for example, using fromdos command.

Glad it solved the problem for you :)

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