Read key value pairs from a file

read_kvp.sh

# @brief Helper to read key value pairs
# @details
# Read kv in the form <key>=<value>
# The script cleans whitespaces first and will remove any newlines
# @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/27918723/1267320
read_kvp()
{
  file="$1"
  while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
    # clean whitespaces
    keyClean=$(echo $key)
    valClean=$(echo $value)
    # echo "$keyClean = $valClean"
    case "$keyClean" in
        '#'*) ;;
        *)
            eval "$keyClean=\"${valClean//[$'\t\r\n']}\""
    esac
  done < "$file"
}