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    Why not use awk directly instead of the loop? Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 8:30
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    Let us know what it is that you'd want to do with the data rather than trying to solve a partial problem that will not be helpful in the long run. Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 10:14
  • perhaps while read i; do echo "$i"; done < indexes.out Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 10:32