Handling logs of bash script and comments in text file - bash

Question

I am trying to read a text file which has few commented starts with '#', my bash script should read the lines of the text file which doesn't start with '#'.
Also im trying to capture the output of echo statements in both logs and to show it console window for the user understanding.
I have tried to use the below query for capturing logs and printing in console
exec 2>&1 1>>$logfile
For reading each line of the file and calling the function, i have declared an array and to eliminate lines which starts with '#' , i have used the below query.
declare -a cmd_array
while read -r -a cmd_array | grep -vE '^(\s*$|#)'
do
"${cmd_array[#]}"
done < "$text_file"
Note : I need to eliminate the line starts with '#' and remaining lines to be read and place in array as declared.
Bash script
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#! /bin/bash
Function_1()
{
now=$( date '+%Y%m%d%H%M' )
eval logfile="$1"_"$now".log
exec 2>&1 1>>$logfile ### Capture echo output in log and printing in console
#exec 3>&1 1>>$logfile 2>&1
echo " "
echo "############################"
echo "Function execution Begins"
echo "############################"
echo "Log file got created with file name as $1.log"
eval number=$1
eval path=$2
echo "number= $number"
ls -lR $path >> temp.txt
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo " Above query executed."
else
echo "Query execution failed"
fi
echo "############################"
echo "Function execution Ends"
echo "############################"
echo " "
}
text_file=$1
echo $text_file
declare -a cmd_array ### declaring a array
while read -r -a cmd_array | grep -vE '^(\s*$|#)' ### Read each line in the file with doesnt starts with '#' & keep it in array
do
"${cmd_array[#]}"
done < "$text_file"
Text file
*********
####################################
#Test
#Line2
####################################
Function_1 '125' '' ''
Function_1 '123' '' ''

Answer 1

Consider piping the grep output into the read:
declare -a cmd_array ### declaring a array
### Read each line in the file with doesnt starts with '#' & keep it in array
grep -vE '^(\s*$|#)' < "$text_file" | while read -r -a cmd_array
do
"${cmd_array[#]}"
done
I'm not clear about the output/logging comment. If you need the output appended to a file, in addition to stdout/console), consider using the 'tee' (probably 'tee -a')

Answer 2

I tested with the input file inputfile
echo a
Function_1 '125' '' ''
# skip me
Function_1 '123' '' ''
echo b
and wrote this script:
declare -a cmd_array ### declaring a array
while read -r -a cmd_array
do
echo "${cmd_array[#]}"
"${cmd_array[#]}"
echo
done < <(grep -vE '^(\s*$|#)' inputfile)
For showing output in log and console, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/145654/57293
As #GordonDavisson suggested in a comment, you get a simular result with
source inputfile
ignoring comments and empty lines, and calling functions, so I am not sure why you would want an array. This command can be included in your master script, you do not need to modify the inputfile.
Another advantage of sourcing the input is the handling of multi-line input and # in strings:
Function_1 '123' 'this is the second parameter, the third will be on the next line' \
'third parameter for the Function_1 call'
echo "This echo continues
on the next line."
echo "Don't delete # comments in a string"
Function_1 '124' 'Parameter with #, interesting!' ''