# shellcheck shell=bash source=$(realpath -m "$1") target=$(realpath -m "$2") if [[ -f "$target" ]]; then temp=$(mktemp) awk -F '=' 'NR==FNR{a[$1]=$0;next}($1 in a){$0=a[$1]}1' "$source" "$target" > "$temp" mv "$temp" "$target" else mkdir -p "$(dirname "$target")" cp "$source" "$target" fi echo "Configuration file $target has been updated."