Read tab-separated file line into array

Question

I would like to read a file into a script, line by line. Each line in the file is multiple values separated by a tab, I\'d like to read each line into an array.

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Answer 1

You could also try,

OIFS=$IFS;
IFS="\t";

animals=`cat animals.txt`
animalArray=$animals;

for animal in $animalArray
do
    echo $animal
done

IFS=$OIFS;