Setting environment variables from Text File

Question

I am trying to export some path names based on text in a text file however I am having some trouble,

file="config.txt"

while read line
do
    LINE= "$line"
    echo "$line"

done <"$file"
export LINE

I have tried using the above code but it does not save the String in config.txt to LINE. Any suggestions would be great!!

ams · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-10 10:51:29Z

3

I think you need to eliminate the spaces around the assignment operator:

LINE="$line"

Also, the script will only save the last line from your file into the variable. All previous lines will be overwritten as the code loops.

answered Apr 10, 2012 at 10:51

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