Re: split string in sh

Janis wrote:

Not quite.
[cut]
$ eval "`cat configFile.cfg`"
$ echo $option1
value1
$ echo $option2
value2

Correct. I forgot to add the double quotes to preserve format (and I do know
that they are needed).

/me needs a coffee.

Thanks!

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