I have a `config.txt` file with the following:

```
VAR=('a' 'b' 'c')
database='mydb'

```

and I want to use the `VAR` variable in the script (`myscript.sh`) to check if any of the data in it exists in a search that will be made on the database.

The search I am doing is like this:

```
output=$(mysql $database -u $user -p$pass -se "select name from my_table where word = '$VAR'")

```