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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Bash INI file parser
+# Credit to ajdiaz
+# http://ajdiaz.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/bash-ini-parser/
+cfg_parser ()
+{
+    ini="$(<$1)"                # read the file
+    ini="${ini//[/\[}"          # escape [
+    ini="${ini//]/\]}"          # escape ]
+    IFS=$'\n' && ini=( ${ini} ) # convert to line-array
+    ini=( ${ini[*]//;*/} )      # remove comments with ;
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/\    =/=} )  # remove tabs before =
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/=\   /=} )   # remove tabs be =
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/\ =\ /=} )   # remove anything with a space around =
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/#\\[/\}$'\n'cfg.section.} ) # set section prefix
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/%\\]/ \(} )    # convert text2function (1)
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/=/=\( } )    # convert item to array
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/%/ \)} )     # close array parenthesis
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/%\\ \)/ \\} ) # the multiline trick
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/%\( \)/\(\) \{} ) # convert text2function (2)
+    ini=( ${ini[*]/%\} \)/\}} ) # remove extra parenthesis
+    ini[0]="" # remove first element
+    ini[${#ini[*]} + 1]='}'    # add the last brace
+    eval "$(echo "${ini[*]}")" # eval the result
+}
+
+
+cfg_parser $1
+cfg.section.vmconfig