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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 $(cat .env | xargs) | |
fi | |
# My favorite from the comments. Thanks @richarddewit & others! | |
set -a && source .env && set +a |
@bfontaine thanks, worked like a charm.
this is the final version that im using, seems to work for all situations
read_env() { local filePath="${1:-.env}" if [ ! -f "$filePath" ]; then echo "missing ${filePath}" exit 1 fi echo "Reading $filePath" while read -r LINE; do # Remove leading and trailing whitespaces, and carriage return CLEANED_LINE=$(echo "$LINE" | awk '{$1=$1};1' | tr -d '\r') if [[ $CLEANED_LINE != '#'* ]] && [[ $CLEANED_LINE == *'='* ]]; then export "$CLEANED_LINE" fi done < "$filePath" }
working for my case: Windows + WSL + bash + 7z password from env + export from .env
Thanks @MansourM !
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This is what I use:
No need to do a double negation with
[ ! -f .env ] ||
when you can do[ -f .env ] &&