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BASH: loading file to array

I have a question how to load content of text file into the array, where every member of array will present one line of the file.

First, let have file a.txt with following context:

Code:

this is line1

this is line2

When I did

Code:

my_list=($(<a.txt))

the first array member was 'this' and not 'this is line1' as I intended. So I've used the quotes:

Code:

my_list=("$(<a.txt)")

but the result was the whole file a.txt. So is there any way how to tell bash to delimit the context for array member by new line and not by space/tab?

heh, just like busses, don't mention $IFS for months, then two come along at once.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=505552

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

heh, just like busses, don't mention $IFS for months, then two come along at once.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=505552

eh TY for link, once I've noted I should search for $IFS it was easy, so thank you very much. And your note about busses... thank you once again, for making me laugh :-))