How can I read variable values from file?

redlotus72 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-14-2005

Hi,
I want to pratmeterze my scripts like,
my confRsync file contains varibale values for 1. host 2. Destination and 3. source like this, I want to read this values from this and assing to my makeRsyn.sh file's varibales.
how to do this?

zazzybob · #2 (**permalink**) 03-14-2005

If I understand correctly, you are looking towards sourcing a file of variable assignments into your script?

For example, let's say we have a file "confRsync" containing the following...

Code:

var_1="value 1"
var_2="value 2"

Then, within our script, we can source these assignments into the current environment...

Code:

#!/bin/sh

. /path/to/confRsync

echo "$var_1"
echo "$var_2"

The script will produce the output

Code:

$ ./makeRsyn.sh
value 1
value 2

Cheers
ZB

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