nichoj@metaverse /development/projects/populatejar $ cat populate.sh #!/bin/bash read line while [[ -n ${line} ]]; do path=${line%%=*} jarinfo=${line##*=} jar=${jarinfo%%@*} package=${jarinfo##*@} echo java-pkg_jar-from ${package} ${jar}.jar ${path} read line done nichoj@metaverse /development/projects/populatejar $ cat jar-dependencies lib/foo.jar=foo@mypackage lib/test/bar.jar=bar@yourpackage nichoj@metaverse /development/projects/populatejar $ sh populate.sh < jar-dependencies java-pkg_jar-from mypackage foo.jar lib/foo.jar java-pkg_jar-from yourpackage bar.jar lib/test/bar.jar nichoj@metaverse /development/projects/populatejar $