[kwlug-disc] bash has mapfile... I had no idea

[Anton Avramov]

OMG! that is fantastic!

Thank you Ronald! That would save me a lot of time and debugging.

On 2024-12-10 03:29, Ronald Barnes via kwlug-disc wrote:
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> Today I learned about bash's `mapfile` built-in function.
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> Next time I want to read lines from a file to an array for processing, 
> that will be choice of methods.
>
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> What a great (and surprising) utility!
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> Check out Dave's explanation in his 2½ minute bash video (the channel 
> is highly recommended for bash tutorials):
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ie7NrUQV0
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> If I had ever read about this before, I must have completely forgotten 
> about it.
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> Is this widely known to KWLUG folks and I'm just out of the loop?
>
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