How can I get unique values from an array in Bash?

Question

I\'ve got almost the same question as here.

I have an array which contains aa ab aa ac aa ad, etc. Now I want to select all unique elements from this ar

Answer 1

# Read a file into variable
lines=$(cat /path/to/my/file)

# Go through each line the file put in the variable, and assign it a variable called $line
for line in $lines; do
  # Print the line
  echo $line
# End the loop, then sort it (add -u to have unique lines)
done | sort -u