On 12/15/2011 04:27 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 12/15/2011 4:25 PM, Peter Doherty wrote: >> Of course, one has to ask why your co-worker is doing this, and not >> just sourcing the file. >> Also, my example will break if you have an equal sign in your >> variable name or value name. > > This. Sourcing the file is going to be the fastest and most reliable > way to do it. > This is 100% agreed. The issue is that he does not want to source the file and I have not been able to talk him out of it. In the past I have written scripts where you could read the name of a variable, and then convert it to a variable name, but I don't think I've done it in Bourne of BASH.
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