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Parse aws credentials file in bash
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parse_ini.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
INI_FILE=~/.aws/credentials
while IFS=' = ' read key value
do
if [[ $key == \[*] ]]; then
section=$key
elif [[ $value ]] && [[ $section == '[default]' ]]; then
if [[ $key == 'aws_access_key_id' ]]; then
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$value
elif [[ $key == 'aws_secret_access_key' ]]; then
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$value
fi
fi
done < $INI_FILE
echo $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
echo $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
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todgru commented Feb 9, 2021

If available and depending on use case, the aws cli tool can retrieve the values, aws configure get varname [--profile profile-name]

aws --profile default configure get aws_access_key_id
aws --profile default configure get aws_secret_access_key

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