[kwlug-disc] BASH script and config file

[Chris Frey]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 05:03:43PM -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
> I added my filename at the end of the egrep and changed the \b to \w to
> get rid of a couple of blank lines from my test config file.  
> 
> Wow 23 minutes.  Free Software communities are great.

Another method of specifying config information in shell scripts that
I like to use, is to use bash's parsing itself.

For example, using bash syntax:

---------- script.conf -----------

#
# This is a sample config file
#

# Directory where output goes
OUTPUTDIR="/home/cdfrey/output"

# Today's date in preferred format
TODAY=$(date +%Y%m%d)

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Then just source the config file in your script:

----------- script.sh --------------
#!/bin/sh

. /etc/script.conf

echo "Today is: $TODAY"

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- Chris