bash - Split String in shell script while reading from file -

i have following script should read line line ".properties" file , tokenize on base of "=" delimiter , store values 2 variables , display it. not getting understanding of how tokenize , store in 2 different variables , use further purposes.

following script works fine in reading file line line need in implementing logic of splitting string.

"properties file"

fname=john lname=lock dob=01111989 

script

#!/bin/bash echo "filereading starts" while read line      value=$line     echo $value     #tokenize logic     property=sample     property_value=sample     echo $property     echo $property_value done <testprop.properties  echo "finish" 

try :

#!/bin/bash  while ifs='=' read -r col1 col2      echo "$col1"     echo "$col2" done <testprop.properties 

ifs input filed separator.

but instead of parsing file (like fedorqui said), can source file , accessing variables directly:

source testprop.properties echo "$fname" 

from $ lang=c source :

source: source filename [arguments] execute commands file in current shell.  read , execute commands filename in current shell.  entries in $path used find directory containing filename. if arguments supplied, become positional parameters when filename executed.  exit status: returns status of last command executed in filename; fails if filename cannot read. 

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last not least, use more quotes ! see http://mywiki.wooledge.org/quotes, http://mywiki.wooledge.org/arguments , http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/words.