How to extract values from a java properties files in a bash/shell script and store in a variable and cd to that variable

Question

I have a config.properties file which contains a path like ouputdir=/data1/testdata/output. I am able to extract these in shell and store this path in a variabl

Answer 1

Does your properties file have windows CRLF line endings? your script may think the directory is /data1/testdata/output^M with the trailing carriage return.

sed -n '/^outputdir=/{s///; s/\r$//; p; q}' properties.file