agiofws@celeron3~ $cat file1 Ave Maria - Piano & Violin - Classical Schubert - Ave Maria.mp3 Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo).wma Best of Classical Music - Chopin Piano Concerto No2 1.mp3 Braveheart - Soundtrack - 17 London Symphony Orchestra (James Horn Classical - Itzha Perlman - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - 04 - Sonata for Violin & Piano - The Devil's Trill.m p3 Classical - Mozart - 4th Symphony.mp3 Classical - Mozart - 7th Symphony.mp3 Classical - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 73, Emporor - Pachelbel - Bach-Beethoven-Schubert-Mozart -Dvorak - Classics For Lovers.mp3 Classical - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto 3 - 1.mp3 Classical - Relaxing Piano Music.mp3 Classical - Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel - Mas.MP3 Classical - Wedding Songs - Tchaikovsky - Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet.mp3 Classical - Yngwie Malmsteen - Amazing Acoustic Guitar Solo.mp3 Classical - chopin - trio for violin, cello and piano in gm 3. adagio sostenuto.mp3 Classical- Wedding Music - Mozart - Violin Romance.mp3 now we can break that file intolines and store each line into a variable O=$IFS IFS=$'\n' break=($(< file1)) IFS=$O ; set | grep ^breaK break=([0]="Ave Maria - Piano & Violin - Classical Schubert - Ave Maria.mp3" [1]="Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo).wma" [2]="Best of C lassical Music - Chopin Piano Concerto No2 1.mp3" [3]="Braveheart - Soundtrack - 17 London Symphony Orchestra (James Horner) - 'Freedom'-T he Execution-Bannockburn.mp3" [4]="Classical - Bethoven - Fur Elise (techno remix).mp3" [5]="Classical - Itzhak Perlman - Tchaikovsky Viol in Concerto - 04 - Sonata for Violin & Piano - The Devil's Trill.mp3" [6]="Classical - Mozart - 4th Symphony.mp3" [7]="Classical - Mozart - 7th Symphony.mp3" [8]="Classical - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 73, Emporor - Pachelbel - Bach-Beethoven-Schubert-Mozart-Dv orak - Classics For Lovers.mp3" [9]="Classical - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto 3 - 1.mp3" [10]="Classical - Relaxing Piano Music.mp3" [11] ="Classical - Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel - Mas.MP3" [12]="Classical - Wedding Songs - Tchaikovsky - Love Theme from Romeo a nd Juliet.mp3" [13]="Classical - Yngwie Malmsteen - Amazing Acoustic Guitar Solo.mp3" [14]="Classical - chopin - trio for violin, cello an d piano in gm 3. adagio sostenuto.mp3" [15]="Classical- Wedding Music - Mozart - Violin Romance.mp3" [16]="Final Fantasy VIII - Sad Piano Theme.mp3" [17]="Marley Marl - The Symphony - Feat. Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.mp3" [18]="Mozart,Bach,Beethoven,Chopin ,Brahms,Handel,Vivaldi,Strauss,Grie - 21 Greatest Classics - Symphony No .mp3" [19]="Relaxing Classical - John Williams (Guitar) - Gnossie nne No.1- Erik Satie.mp3" [20]="Relaxing instrumental music - Classical - Sad piano.mp3" [21]="Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from Nutcracker Suite - Christmas - x-mas - xmas - classical - ballet).mp3" [22]="Top 10 of Classical Music - Symphony No. 40, 1st movem ent (Mozart).mp3" [23]="Vanessa Mae - The Violin Player - Classical Gas - May 24, 2004 17.25.04.mp3" [24]="classical music - Tchaikovsky- Piano Concerto #1 Allegro.mp3" [25]="classical-beethoven - Violin Romance.mp3" [26]="") agiofws@celeron3~ $for ((i=0; i < ${#break[@]}; i++)) ; do echo -e var$i "${break[$i]}" ; sleep 1 ; done var0 Ave Maria - Piano & Violin - Classical Schubert - Ave Maria.mp3 var1 Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo).wma var2 Best of Classical Music - Chopin Piano Concerto No2 1.mp3 var3 Braveheart - Soundtrack - 17 London Symphony Orchestra (James Horner) - 'Freedom'-The Execution-Bannockburn.mp3 var4 Classical - Bethoven - Fur Elise (techno remix).mp3 var5 Classical - Itzhak Perlman - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - 04 - Sonata for Violin & Piano - The Devil's Trill.mp3 var6 Classical - Mozart - 4th Symphony.mp3 var7 Classical - Mozart - 7th Symphony.mp3 var8 Classical - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 73, Emporor - Pachelbel - Bach-Beethoven-Schubert-Mozart-Dvorak - Classics For Lovers.mp3 var9 Classical - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto 3 - 1.mp3 etc so now if $echo ${break[3]} Braveheart - Soundtrack - 17 London Symphony Orchestra (James Horner) - 'Freedom'-The Execution-Bannockburn.mp3