09-23-2010
Reading from a file and storing it in a variable
Hi folks,
I'm using bash and would like to do the following. I would like to read some values from the file and store it in the variable and use it.
My file is 1.txt and its contents are
VERSION=5.6
UPDATE=4
I would like to read "5.6" and "4" and store it in a variable in shell script. How do I do that?
Thanks,
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SHCOMP(1) Korn shell utilities SHCOMP(1)
NAME
shcomp - compile a shell script
SYNOPSIS
shcomp [ options ] [infile [outfile]]
DESCRIPTION
Unless -D is specified, shcomp takes a shell script, infile, and creates a binary format file, outfile, that ksh can read and execute with
the same effect as the original script.
Since aliases are processed as the script is read, alias definitions whose value requires variable expansion will not work correctly.
If -D is specified, all double quoted strings that are preceded by $ are output. These are the messages that need to be translated to
locale specific versions for internationalization.
If outfile is omitted, then the results will be written to standard output. If infile is also omitted, the shell script will be read from
standard input.
OPTIONS
[D dictionary] Generate a list of strings that need to be placed in a message catalog for internationalization. [n noexec] Displays warn-
ing messages for obsolete or non-conforming constructs. [v verbose] Displays input from infile onto standard error as it reads it.
EXIT STATUS
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
ksh(1)
IMPLEMENTATION
version
shcomp (AT&T Research) 2003-03-02
author
David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
copyright
Copyright (c) 1982-2010 AT&T Intellectual Property
license
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt
2003-03-02 SHCOMP(1)