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Load environment variables from dotenv / .env file in Bash
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if [ ! -f .env ] | |
then | |
export $(cat .env | xargs) | |
fi |
I needed this and after reading the above realized none of the solutions quite worked for my .env file on a Mac... so I modified what @shadiabuhilal into this (which I put into a file called "readenv")
# quick bash function to read .env file
# use it via:
# source readenv
# readenv
#
# or
#
# readenv <filename>
#
# modified from https://gist.github.com/mihow/9c7f559807069a03e302605691f85572
# fixed for whitespace issues, posix compliance (e.g. \t on mac means t)
#
# NOT a standalone script as when used as a standalone script, it'll read in the ENV variables into a sub-process, not the
# calling process
readenv() {
local filePath="${1:-.env}"
if [ ! -f "$filePath" ]; then
# silently be done
# put some error / echo if you prefer non-silent errors
return 0
fi
# echo "Reading $filePath"
while read -r line; do
if [[ "$line" =~ ^\s*#.*$ || -z "$line" ]]; then
continue
fi
# Split the line into key and value. Trim whitespace on either side.
key=$(echo "$line" | cut -d '=' -f 1 | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
value=$(echo "$line" | cut -d '=' -f 2- | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
# Leaving the below here... normally this works, but if you have something like
# FOO=" string with leading and trailing "
# then the leading / trailing spaces are deleted. FOO="a word", FOO='a word', and FOO=a word all generally work
# so leave the quotes
# Remove single quotes, double quotes, and leading/trailing spaces from the value
# value=$(echo "$value" | sed -e "s/^'//" -e "s/'$//" -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//')
# Export the key and value as environment variables
# echo "$key=$value"
export "$key=$value"
done < "$filePath"
}
Also - recommend to use [[:space:]] rather than \s or [ \t] --- on Macs, \s isn't space, and \t isn't TAB but t. Yay standardization!
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how do you use it?
you get any errors?
btw u need to comment or remove this line as you don't have the log function
log "Reading $filePath"