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    Tom is hot

     filename="/directory/Test1.txt"
     set - A store
     while IFS= read value
     do
          awk '{split($value,store," ")}'
     done < "$filename"
     echo ${#sore[@]}

php -a   # enter interactive mode in terminal for testing

php > $line = "Tom is hot";
php > $array = explode(' ',$line);
php > print_r($array);
Array
(
    [0] => Tom
    [1] => is
    [2] => hot
)
php >

store=($(<$filename))

$python

>>> line = "Tom is hot"
>>> array = line.split(' ')
>>> print(array)
['Tom', 'is', 'hot']

declare -A store
eval read store[{$(fmt -1 $filename | paste -sd,)}] < <(seq -s' ' $(wc -w <$filename))
echo ${store[@]}
echo ${!store[@]}

declare -A store
eval store=($(awk '{print "[" $0 "]=" NR}' RS='[[:space:]]+' $filename))
echo ${store[@]}
echo ${!store[@]}

declare -A store store2
eval read store[$(awk 'END {print "{1.." NR "},{1.." NF "}"}' $filename)] < <(fmt -1000 $filename)
for i in {1..2},{1..3}; do echo store[$i] = ${store[$i]}; done

eval read store2[$(awk '{if(NF>max) max=NF} END {print "{1.." NR "},{1.." max "}"}' $filename)] < <(fmt -1000 $filename)

GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)