On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 03:57:04PM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: > I have not done my homework on this as much as I should. > A coworker needs to set variable names and values input from another > file. Normally, I would source that file, but he specifically wants to > parse the file. > So, in simple terms, he has a file that has something like: > var1=foo > > Instead of sourcing he wants to parse the file using readline so he
Readline is a library for that command line apps can use for command editing and history. It's not part of the shell, and I don't think it can be used the way you're suggesting. -b -- the wages of gin is breath. <anonymous> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
