Bash shell script to reverse text file contain using Shell array

This script also demonstrate how to use arrays under bash shell script.

#!/bin/bash
# Bash shell script to reverse text file contain i.e. concatenate files and
# print on the standard output in reverse. This script also demonstrate how 
# to use arrays under bash shell script.
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FILE="$1"
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "$(basename $0) - file-name"
  exit 1
fi
 
textArray[0]="" # hold text
c=0 # counter 
# read whole file in loop
while read line
do
  textArray[$c]=$line # store line
  c=$(expr $c + 1) # increase counter by 1
done < $FILE
# get length of array 
len=$(expr $c - 1 )
 
# use for loop to reverse the array
for (( i=$len; i>=0; i-- ));
do
  echo ${textArray[$i]}
done

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