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Solved script to get parameter values from file

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January 11, 2013 at 01:38:14
Specs: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3
I have a file having parametrs as below
unix> cat file.txt
name=annamathew
description=keep smiling always good for health
address=chennai

My requirement is :I have one shell script ,In that script ,I need to get the value of parameters name ,description .


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January 11, 2013 at 11:15:09
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Since your file is the structure of, command=var, all that needs to be done is perform an eval on a string containing an export command. What complicates this is the fact that the description does not contain beginning and ending double quotes as such:

description="keep smiling always good for health"

#!/bin/ksh

while read myline
do
   eval "export \"$myline\""
done < file.txt
echo "$name"
echo "$description"


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