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+# Converts a .env file into a record
+# may be used like this: open .env | load-env
+# works with quoted and unquoted .env files
+def "from env" []: string -> record {
+  lines 
+    | split column '#' # remove comments
+    | get column1 
+    | parse "{key}={value}"
+    | str trim value -c '"' # unquote values
+    | transpose -r -d
+}