Get "Awk" to print columns using variable?

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this reads one long line only into ${arr[0]}
sometimes arr=$(<somefile) this is used to avoid using cat
but it has its limits and is not an exact replacement command for cat

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arr=$(</etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE)


echo ${arr[0]}
echo ${arr[1]}
echo ${arr[2]}
echo ${arr[3]}

big_bass,

Some extra protection and this works-

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 arr=(`echo "$(< /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE)"`) 

Too many ramifications to think about...

Regards,
s