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#!/bin/bash
declare -a dataArray
dataArray=( `nawk -vline=$inputfileline '
BEGIN { 
  split(line,lineArray,"::")
  print { lineArray }
}'` )

idx=1
while read entry
do
  if [ ${entry:0:1} == "#" ]; then
    continue
  else
    eval "set$idx=( `echo $entry | nawk ' { v=split($0,a,"::"); if ( v > 0 ) { print a[1] " " a[2] " " a[3] " " a[4]; } } '`)"
    idx=$(($idx+1))
    setIdx=$(($idx-1))
  fi
done < manifest

a=1
while (( $a <= $setIdx ))
do
 echo "${set$a[@]}"
 ((a += 1))
done

a=1
while (( $a <= $setIdx ))
do
  eval "echo \${set$a[@]}"
  (( a += 1 ))
done
exit 0