My FilePath.property file is as below.
filepath1 = /var/log/Test
filepath2 = /home/Backups
I want to read this FilePath.property file inside my shell script and use filepath1 and filepath2 in my script for deleting old logs inside the Test and Backups folders.
The content of Path.property should not include spaces before/after the = sign.
filepath1=/var/log/Test
filepath2=/home/Backups
The following script will print the value of the variables:
source Path.property
echo $filepath1
echo $filepath2
You can replace the echo with mv ,rm commands, etc.
It works like that:
Variable file
$ cat Path.property
filepath1=/var/log/Test
filepath2=/home/Backups
Script file
$ cat printvar.sh
#!/bin/bash
source Path.property
echo $filepath1
echo $filepath2
execution of the script
$ bash printvar.sh
/var/log/Test
/home/Backups
echo $filepath1
I am getting blank output it means it is not reading values inside FilePathInfo.properties.
– Jyothsna Chilukuri Mar 23 '17 at 09:26=from thesourcecommand – Yaron Mar 23 '17 at 09:27Path.propertywhich holds the two lines in my answer, and copy/paste the next 3 lines intoshell– Yaron Mar 23 '17 at 09:28printvar.shandPath.property, and a command to runprintvar.sh, and the result output. Please try it. – Yaron Mar 23 '17 at 09:40bash, and afterwards runsource Path.property echo $filepath1 echo $filepath2– Yaron Mar 23 '17 at 11:07