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In bash4 you can do this:

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mapfile -ts1 array < infile

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$ echo "${array[0]}"
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Code:

#!/bin/bash
a=0
while read line;
do
       array[${a}]="${line}"
       ((a++))
done <file
 
echo ${array[0]}
echo ${array[1]}
echo ${array[2]}

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