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Load environment variables from dotenv / .env file in Bash
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| # The initial version | |
| if [ ! -f .env ] | |
| then | |
| export $(cat .env | xargs) | |
| fi | |
| # My favorite from the comments. Thanks @richarddewit & others! | |
| set -a && source .env && set +a |
This is what I use:
# shellcheck disable=SC2046
[ -f .env ] && export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs)No need to do a double negation with [ ! -f .env ] || when you can do [ -f .env ] &&
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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!