total 40
36 -rwxrwxr-x 1 amit amit 36720 2012-03-31 12:19 1.txt
4 -rwxrwxr-x 1 amit amit  1318 2012-03-31 14:49 2.txt

i=0
ls -ls | while read line
do
    array[ $i ]="$line"
    (( i++ ))
done

#! /bin/bash

i=0
while read line
do
    array[ $i ]="$line"
    (( i++ ))
done < <(ls -ls)

echo ${array[1]}

files=(*)

OIFS=$IFS; IFS=$'n'; array=($(ls -ls)); IFS=$OIFS; echo "${array[1]}"

files=($(find -E . -type f -regex "^.*$"))
for item in ${files[*]}
do
  printf "   %sn" $item
done

IFS=' ' read -r -a array <<< $(ls /path/to/dir)