Shell Programming and Scripting

how can i get the database name from a config file

its like this:

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'userabc_wrdp1');

(there might be spaces in the front of "define")

i want to store the database name to a variable
$dbname=

thanks!

---------- Post updated at 04:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:06 AM ----------

i tried this but it doesnt work

Code:

dbname=`grep '^define.*DB_NAME' $theconfigfile | cut -d "'" -f4`

its giving output like

Code:

grep: That's: No such file or directory
grep: all,: No such file or directory
grep: stop: No such file or directory
grep: editing!: No such file or directory
grep: Happy: No such file or directory
grep: blogging.: No such file or directory
: No such file or directory
: No such file or directory
grep: WordPress: No such file or directory
grep: absolute: No such file or directory
grep: path: No such file or directory

---------- Post updated at 04:46 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:33 AM ----------

i tried:


grep "^ *define.*DB_NAME" grep "^ *define.*DB_NAME" $FILE | cut -d "'" -f4


it works on the command line but not in the shell script
im not sure the syntax

---------- Post updated at 04:54 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:46 AM ----------

i was using the wrong config file

i got it to work
like

Code:

dbname=`grep "^ *define.*DB_NAME" $configfile | cut -d "'" -f4`