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IMO source is a bashism. According to the POSIX spec a dot should be used:
. ~/.configfileShell Command Language (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#dot)

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If you make your config file a shell script, your loading script could be as simple as source ~/.configfile

Gentoo actually does this for its system config files(/etc/conf.d/...) So does firehol....

set -A

is another option.

If ksh shell scripting make your config file

touch init.cfg

init.cfg:

#formulations properties (to shape without spaces and with separator "="
#...

I don't see that you're actually loading the config file, it doesn't just happen unless you tell it. You have to do source config.configfile Which in your case might be source "$1" though you might...