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How to Read a config file and Assign to Variable

I have removeConfig file, it contains the dir paths for removing. I need to read line by line and assign to variable. any idea?

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Code:

#!/bin/ksh

while read line
do
   echo "do whatever with [${line}]"
done < myFileWithDirs

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