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example_how_to_read_nul_delimited_lines_into_array_in_bash.sh
#!/bin/bash
function sampleImput() {
printf "%s\0" 'a b' 'c d'
}
# using read:
unset arrA i; while IFS= read -r -d '' 'arrA[i++]'; do :; done < <(sampleImput)
declare -p arrA i
# using readarray:
unset arrB; IFS= readarray -d '' arrB < <(sampleImput)
declare -p arrB
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