I don't think there's a general best way. Personally, I prefer the way you seem to dislike, which is just sourcing a "script" which does nothing but define variables.
The big exception to this is when there's multiple targets, for example a connectivity check script that should treat different targets in different ways. The config would be something like
and read it like this:
Hello Friends
I am new to this forum and this is my first post.
I have to write a script in which i have to read data from a configuration ( .cfg) file. And also i have to execute/call some already written scripts from this script.
Can you people plpease help me on this regards.
Thanks... (5 Replies)
how to read the variable from config file
eg: a.cfg below config file config file which contain
a=`hostname`
b=250
a.sh is shell script
echo "$a and $b"
if i run "a.sh 1.cfg" it works
but when i declare N number of variable it wont works..
can u please suggest for that ? (1 Reply)
Hello All,
I have a config file which has the following data :
export DBCHECKSUM001="/home/srvcdesk/DBCheckSum/DBCheckSum001.cfg"
export DBCHECKSUM002="/home/srvcdesk/DBCheckSum/DBCheckSum002.cfg"
export DBCHECKSUM003="/home/srvcdesk/DBCheckSum/DBCheckSum003.cfg"
export... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I want to use a config file as the base file and parse over the values of country and city parameters in the config file and generate separate config files as explained below.
I will be using the config file as mentioned below:
(config.txt)
country:a,b
city:1,2
type:b1... (1 Reply)
Hello everybody,
I'm coding a program in C and i'm getting troubles with this.
I need to read a config file and store the arguments into individual variables, let's say the config file looks like the following:
#This is the configuration file...
192.168.0.1 A1:B1:C1:D1:E1:F1
192.168.0.2... (2 Replies)
Hi I am new to shell scripting. There is a requirement to write a shell script to meet follwing needs.Prompt reply shall be highly appreciated.
script that will compare two config files and produce 2 outputs - actual config file and a report indicating changes made.
OS :Susi linux ver 10.3.
... (4 Replies)
how to read the variable indivdually ( line by line ) in shell script
eg :
i have the config file where contain
cat /home/user01/ilap/conf/input.conf
node.txt
node2.txt
node3.txt
i need to run script like
/home/user01/ilap/exe/run.sh /home/user01/ilap/conf/input.conf
... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I want to configure some values in config file like below
work_dir /home/work
csv_dir /home/csv
sql_dir /home/sqls
reportfirst yes
and i want to store each value in variable to use it further in my my perl program ??
any thought on this(i am new to perl) ?
... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
Can anyone please explain me how to read data from config file in Perl.
Suppose i have a config file named cfile. The data in config file is
name=parth
lname=mittal
user=2007
hostname=fluoride
username=parthmittal
password=XXXXXX
account=unix
url=www.unix.com
... (2 Replies)
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service
service(8) System Manager's Manual service(8)NAME
service - run a System V init script
SYNOPSIS
service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]
service --status-all
service --help | -h | --version
DESCRIPTION
service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with current working
directory set to /.
The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT. The supported values of COMMAND depend on the
invoked script, service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS it to the init script unmodified. All scripts should support at least the start and
stop commands. As a special case, if COMMAND is --full-restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start
command.
service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command.
EXIT CODES
service calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
FILES
/etc/init.d
The directory containing System V init scripts.
ENVIRONMENT
LANG, TERM
The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
SEE ALSO
/etc/init.d/skeleton,
update-rc.d(8),
init(8),
invoke-rc.d(8).
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