SOURCE_FILE=$(realpath -m "$1") TARGET_FILE=$(realpath -m "$2") mkdir -p "$(dirname "${TARGET_FILE}")" TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp) cat "${SOURCE_FILE}" > "${TEMP_FILE}" if [[ -f "${TARGET_FILE}" ]]; then while IFS='=' read -r key value; do if ! grep -q "^${key}=" "${TEMP_FILE}"; then echo "${key}=${value}" >> "${TEMP_FILE}" fi done < "${TARGET_FILE}" fi mv "${TEMP_FILE}" "${TARGET_FILE}" echo "Configuration file ${TARGET_FILE} has been updated."