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#!/bin/bash
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# Note that this example must be invoked with bash, i.e., bash ex38.sh
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#+ not sh ex38.sh !
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2001-09-04 13:27:31 +00:00
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. data-file # Load a data file.
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# Same effect as "source data-file", but more portable.
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2002-04-01 16:04:17 +00:00
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# The file "data-file" must be present in current working directory,
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#+ since it is referred to by its basename.
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# Now, let's reference some data from that file.
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echo "variable1 (from data-file) = $variable1"
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echo "variable3 (from data-file) = $variable3"
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let "sum = $variable2 + $variable4"
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echo "Sum of variable2 + variable4 (from data-file) = $sum"
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echo "message1 (from data-file) is \"$message1\""
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# Escaped quotes
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echo "message2 (from data-file) is \"$message2\""
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2001-07-10 14:25:50 +00:00
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print_message This is the message-print function in the data-file.
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2012-11-27 14:56:18 +00:00
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exit $?
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