Glenn Fowler wrote:
try
IFS=$'\n' set -A myarray $(< ./ksh-93t-20080919/src/cmd/ksh93/RELEASE93)
if it works post a timing comparison
It works - and much better than the read loop.
$ uname -a
UWIN-XP henk-xp 4.2/5.1 2600 i686 i686 i386 UWIN-XP
$ time IFS=$'\n' set -A a $(< $file )
real 0m0.11s
user 0m0.11s
sys 0m0.00s
$ echo ${#a[*]}
67809
$ unset a
$ set -A a
$ i=1 && time while read a[i]; do ((i+=1)); done <$file
real 1m7.26s
user 0m15.01s
sys 0m49.23s
$ print $i
67810
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