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Extract variable value from file
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This should extract the value of a variable from a text file. | |
It works fine with bash/sh and makefile variables. | |
Had to use 2 sed()s to deal with name='value' cases. | |
Fixes are welcome. | |
$ VAR_NAME=PREFIX | |
$ sed --version | |
GNU sed version 4.1.5 | |
$ cat filename.conf | \ | |
sed -ne \ | |
"s%^[[:space:]]*\(export[[:space:]]\+\)\?$VAR_NAME[[:space:]]*[:?+]\?=[[:space:]]*['\"]\([^'\"]\+\)['\"].*%\2%p" \ | |
|| \ | |
sed -ne \ | |
"s%^[[:space:]]*\(export[[:space:]]\+\)\?$VAR_NAME[[:space:]]*[:?+]\?=[[:space:]]*\([^'\"#[:space:]]\+\).*%\2%p" | |
=== Example file === | |
PREFIX=a-1 | |
PREFIX = a-2 | |
PREFIX =a-3 | |
PREFIX= a-4 | |
PREFIX='a 5' | |
PREFIX = 'a seis' | |
PREFIX ='a sete' | |
PREFIX= 'a oito' | |
PREFIX="a nove" | |
PREFIX = "a dez" | |
PREFIX ="a onze" | |
PREFIX= "a doze" | |
PREFIX=b-1 # comentario | |
PREFIX = b-2 # comentario | |
PREFIX =b-3 # comentario | |
PREFIX= b-4 # comentario | |
PREFIX='b 5' # comentario | |
PREFIX = 'b seis' # comentario | |
PREFIX ='b sete' # comentario | |
PREFIX= 'b oito' # comentario | |
PREFIX="b nove" # comentario | |
PREFIX = "b dez" # comentario | |
PREFIX ="b onze" # comentario | |
PREFIX= "b doze" # comentario | |
export PREFIX=c-1 | |
export PREFIX = c-2 | |
export PREFIX =c-3 | |
export PREFIX= c-4 | |
export PREFIX='c 5' | |
export PREFIX = 'c seis' | |
export PREFIX ='c sete' | |
export PREFIX= 'c oito' | |
export PREFIX="c nove" | |
export PREFIX = "c dez" | |
export PREFIX ="c onze" | |
export PREFIX= "c doze" | |
export PREFIX=d-1 # comentario | |
export PREFIX = d-2 # comentario | |
export PREFIX =d-3 # comentario | |
export PREFIX= d-4 # comentario | |
export PREFIX='d 5' # comentario | |
export PREFIX = 'd seis' # comentario | |
export PREFIX ='d sete' # comentario | |
export PREFIX= 'd oito' # comentario | |
export PREFIX="d nove" # comentario | |
export PREFIX = "d dez" # comentario | |
export PREFIX ="d onze" # comentario | |
export PREFIX= "d doze" # comentario | |
export PREFIX :='--d sete' # comentario | |
export PREFIX?= '--d oito' # comentario | |
export PREFIX+="--d nove" # comentario | |
export PREFIX := "--d dez" # comentario | |
export PREFIX ?="--d onze" # comentario | |
export PREFIX:= "--d doze" # comentario | |
=== End example file === |
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