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  • gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/… Commented Jan 7, 2016 at 14:02
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    Send all the filenames to one invocation of awk and it will be significantly faster than any solution in pure bash Commented Jan 7, 2016 at 14:04
  • Can you not use an array, do them all at once then put it in a new array ? Commented Jan 7, 2016 at 14:46