Parse config file data to script variable


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Parse config file data to script variable
# 1  
Old 09-23-2010
Parse config file data to script variable

I have a script with few pre defined variables.

Also have a config file. Something like this.
# config file

# Define Oracle User
MOD1_TAG=abcde
MOD2_TAG=xyzabc
MOD3_TAG=def

I need to parse the config file and have each of the value copied to different variables.
Please suggest what to do in script.

eg : copying abcde to $BUILDPATH
# 2  
Old 09-23-2010
You can do something like this in your script:
Code:
BUILDPATH=$(awk -F"=" '/MOD1_TAG/{print $2}' config file)

Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Shell script to pass the config file lines as variable on the respective called function on a script

I want to make a config file which contain all the paths. i want to read the config file line by line and pass as an argument on my below function. Replace all the path with reading config path line by line and pass in respective functions. how can i achieve that? Kindly guide. ... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: sadique.manzar
6 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

AWK script to parse a data in a file

Hi Unix gurus.. I have a file which has below data, It has several MQ Queue statistics; QueueName= 'TEST1' CreateDate= '2009-10-30' CreateTime= '13.45.40' QueueType= Predefined QueueDefinitionType= Local QMinDepth= 0 QMaxDepth= 0 QueueName= 'TEST2' CreateDate= '2009-10-30'... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: dd_psg
6 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Shell script that will compare two config files and produce 2 outputs 1)actual config file 2)report

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)
Discussion started by: muraliinfy04
4 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Parse config file and store the values in variables

Hi, I have a config file that has blank, commented lines. I need to escape commented lines, blank lines, parse the remaining lines and store them in variables or array. the config file contains the following lines. # config file # Define Oracle User ORA_USER=abcde ORA_PASS=xyzabc... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Lakshmi Chowdam
8 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Parse file and copy value to variable in sh script.

Hi, I need to parse a simple text file like below and store the word that starts with BR* to a variable say $BRno. I need to do this in sh script. NOTE: the length of the numbers following BR is not constant (eg: it could be BR1234 or BR22233). And there is only 1 BRxxxxx in a file at a given... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: script2010
6 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

sed command to parse Apache config file

Hi there, am trying to parse an Apache 'server' config file. A snippet of the config file is shown below: ..... ProxyPassReverse /foo http://foo.example.com/bar ..... ..... RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.example.com/$1 RewriteRule /redirect https://www.example1.com/$1 ........ (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jy2k7ca
7 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

parse data using sh script

Hi, I am a newbie to unix/shell scripting and i have a question on how to parse a txt file using perl in a sh script. I have a txt file that contains hundreds of lines with data like this.... X, Y, Latitude, Longitude 1, 142, -38.000000, -91.000000, 26.348 2, 142, 60.000000, -90.000000,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: moonbaby
2 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help!!! Shell script to parse data file.

I am faced with a :confused: tricky problem to parse a data file ( May not be a tricky problem to the scripting guru's ). Here is what I am faced with. I have a file with multiple rows of data and the rows are not of fixed length. "|" is used as a delimiters for individual columns and each row... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: yajaykumar
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to parse config variables from external file to shell script

How do i use a config.txt to recursively pass a set of variables to a shell script eg my config.txt looks like this : path=c://dataset/set1 v1= a.bin v2= b.bin path=c://dataset/set2 v1= xy.bin v2= abc.bin .................. and so on . and my testscript : (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: pradsh
2 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

getting data from config file

pls help.. I need to get the ESSID value for athx this is the config file.. pls help (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: esham
7 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question