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    An example Bash script that reads variables from an environment file

This will load variables into a BASH SCRIPT from an environment file.
Create an environment file with the following structure. Call it "secrets.env" but it can be called anything!
MY_SECRET="Some Secret"
Then, in your script, include the following:
#!/bin/bash

# Load env file
set -o allexport
[[ -f secrets.env ]] && source secrets.env
set +o allexport

# Now all the variables inside secrets.env are local to the script
echo "Your secret is ${MY_SECRET}"
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