[SOLVED] Read a file using a bash script

Issue

I need to read a file using a "Do/While" loop.
How can I read the contents as a string?

Here's my code:

cat directory/scripts/tv2dbarray.txt | while read line
do
  echo "a line: $line"
done

Error:

test.sh: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
test.sh: line 4: `done'

Solution

cat file | while read line
do
  echo "a line: $line"
done

EDIT:

To get file contents into a var use:

foo="`cat file`"

Answered By - Erik

Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)