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  • Does your searchFiles.txt have DOS-style (CRLF) line endings by any chance? Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 13:21
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    @steeldriver you nailed it. I was never suspecting on this. After converting from DOS to Unix format, the above command using 'for' loop gave the expected output. Do you have any clues on how to make it work with 'find' command's name flag as I was trying as mentioned above? Commented Dec 13, 2020 at 14:55