Read n lines at a time using Bash

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With Bash≥4 you can use mapfile like so:

while mapfile -t -n 10 ary && ((${#ary[@]})); do
    printf '%s\n' "${ary[@]}"
    printf -- '--- SNIP ---\n'
done < file

That’s to read 10 lines at a time.

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