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This works well, except for an issue I encountered i.e. I am unable to completely read strings that contain the dollar sign e.g. one of my password strings in an environment file contains a dollar sign. If I use single quotes on the password string, then I can read it.. However, if I use single quotes for every line, then the variable expansion from previously defined variables no longer happens...

Cogicero
– Cogicero

2022-08-24 01:55:24 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2022 at 1:55
P.S. I think I fixed this by using double quotes wherever variable expansion was needed, and single quotes elsewhere.

Cogicero
– Cogicero

2022-08-24 02:15:51 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2022 at 2:15
You are correct that single quoted strings disable interpolation of variables. That's true of everywhere in the shell and remains true in this scenario.

Sorpigal
– Sorpigal

2022-08-24 13:54:19 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2022 at 13:54

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