Thread: Parsing for configfile not working

edit: why no-one replying?

having trouble creating parser configuration file format created in bedroom. maybe reinventing wheel, hey, @ least have created possibly created config format..
here (debugging) parser far:

code:

#!/bin/bash ifs=" " while read optname option ;     eval $optname=$option     if [ $optname != program ] ;         echo "setting $optname $(echo $option | tr -d \")"     fi done < filegoeshere.rc

filegoeshere.rc:

code:

program "test file" message0001 "hello everyone." message0002 "blah, blah, blah..." opt1 "yes" opt2 "no"

attempts use memory outputs (didn't exist):

code:

jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ ./confparser.sh  /home/jack/.themes/seriousshiki-attmp2/gtk-2.0/panel.rc:9: unable locate image file in pixmap_path: "./panel/panel-bg.png" setting message0001 hello everyone. setting message0002 blah, blah, blah... setting opt1 yes setting opt2 no jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ echo -e "$message0001\n$message0002"   jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ echo -e "$message0001 $message0002"   jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ echo "$message0001 $message0002"   jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ ./confparser.sh  setting message0001 hello everyone. setting message0002 blah, blah, blah... setting opt1 yes setting opt2 no jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ ./confparser.sh  usage: file [-bchiklnnprsvz0] [--apple] [--mime-encoding] [--mime-type]             [-e testname] [-f separator] [-f namefile] [-m magicfiles] file ...        file -c [-m magicfiles]        file [--help] ./confparser.sh: line 4: everyone.: command not found setting message0001 hello everyone. ./confparser.sh: line 4: blah,: command not found setting message0002 blah, blah, blah... setting opt1 yes setting opt2 no jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ ./confparser.sh  setting message0001 hello everyone. setting message0002 blah, blah, blah... setting opt1 yes setting opt2 no jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ ./confparser.sh  setting message0001 hello everyone. setting message0002 blah, blah, blah... setting opt1 yes setting opt2 no jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ ./confparser.sh  setting message0001 hello everyone. setting message0002 blah, blah, blah... setting opt1 yes setting opt2 no jack@radio-player:~/desktop$ echo $opt1  jack@radio-player:~/desktop$

the problem lies in setting optname variable option.
create parser based on 1 following things:
- tells option name , it's value
- sets option name, variable, option value
- preferably uses function may embedded in other bash programs

language of echo prompt may any, must output config file's option names , values, , must put them in terminal's memory.

helpful writer program this.

cannot complicated (i.e. must use commands found on base debian installation , nothing more) because test system me debian squeeze extras, e.g. compiz , non-free firmware microcode.

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