#!/bin/bash num=0 while read line; do echo "$line" lines[$num]="$line" ((num++)) echo "num = $num" done echo "end num = $num" i=0 while [ $i -lt $num ]; do echo "${lines[$i]}" ((i++)) done
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asdf num = 1 asdf num = 2 asdf num = 3 asdf num = 4 asdf num = 5 asdf num = 6 end num = 6 asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf