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    This only works if the values don't contain any shell special character. You can make this robust, but it requires some effort. Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 23:29
  • Well now I'm interested! How can you make this robust --- why isn't this robust? Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 23:31
  • Are you saying, I need to escape all shell special chars before eval? Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 23:38
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    As soon as you're executing source against a foreign script, you're in very dangerous territory. Escaping the actual values matters little if the script has a rm -rf $HOME. Updating answer to reflect this. Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 23:45
  • You're obviously right - tbh I didn't even think of rm -rf $HOME :) So eval cat script in subshell ?!? :) Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 23:51