Stop Reaching for while-read: Bash's readarray Is Often the Better Tool
Bash's readarray (mapfile) loads a whole file into an array in one shot — faster than while-read loops, free of subshell bugs, and ideal when the file fits in memory.
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Bash's readarray (mapfile) loads a whole file into an array in one shot — faster than while-read loops, free of subshell bugs, and ideal when the file fits in memory.
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