reading values of some parameters from a file in a linux shell script

If there are other lines, you could do something like:

PORT=$(awk -F= '/^PORT=/{print $2}')
FLOCK_APP_CONFIG=$(awk -F= '/^FLOCK_APP_CONFIG=/{print $2}')

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to define the two variables.

just want to know one more thing.
can i use source command for a headless linux user

HI,
Also in the code that you provide :
PORT=$(awk -F= '/^PORT=/{print $2}')
FLOCK_APP_CONFIG=$(awk -F= '/^FLOCK_APP_CONFIG=/{print $2}')

How do i pass filename to it . Because i will be making a script to do all this.
And so once i have the PORT and FLOCK... i will run mvn command.

Not sure what you mean by a "headless Linux user".  The source command can happily go into a script - no user required!

Ah, I knew I'd forget something.  The filename goes at the end of the awk command, so the script would have:

PORT=$(awk -F= '/^PORT=/{print $2}' /root/flockApps.properties)
FLOCK_APP_CONFIG=$(awk -F= '/^FLOCK_APP_CONFIG=/{print $2}' /root/flockApps.properties)

mvn jetty:run -DFLOCK_APPS_CONFIG=${FLOCK_APP_CONFIG} -Dport=${PORT}

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HI,
I am getting an error :
/root/flockApps.properties  syntax error

Is that in the "source" version?  I think that means that you have other bits in that file.  As I said, if it *only* contains the two lines you showed, you can source it.  I f it contains other text, you shoulduse the awk version (where you do *not* source it).

no not the source version but the awk version.. oh i corrected the script..i didnt give the space between -F= /^
Thanks it works !! :)

One more thing if you can help me with is.
This script exactly can i put inside init.d as an initScript or will it require change..
as i want this to get executed everytime the system restarts

It should work fine in an init script, with a couple of changes.

The PATH and other environment variables will probably be different from what you have whne you log in, so it is best to put the full path to all programs referenced, so /usr/bin/awk, /usr/local/bin/mvn and so on (those are examples - I don't knwo where those programs are on your system).  There may also be other variables that you need to set (I remember setting mvn variables when I used to use it).  Just add those variables to the script.

You should also specify the shell you want to use, so have something like
  #!/bin/bash
as the first line of the script.