Read the contents of a file as a string

Here's an untested example. Please test it on a VE or non-production unit.

 Raw commands on one line separated by a delimiter
log local0. "exec'd command 1"|log local0. "exec'd command 2"

 URL encoded copy (http://www.opinionatedgeek.com/DotNet/Tools/UrlEncode/Encode.aspx)
log%20local0.%20%22exec'd%20command%201%22%0d%0alog%20local0.%20%22exec'd%20command%202%22

Add to a data group:

class commands_class {
   {
      "log%20local0.%20%22exec'd%20command%201%22%0d%0alog%20local0.%20%22exec'd%20command%202%22"
   }
}

 Use the class command in an iRule to parse the data group

when RULE_INIT {

set url_encoded [class element -name 0 commands_class]
foreach cmd [split [URI::decode $url_encoded] "|"] {
log local0. "About to eval: $cmd"
eval $cmd
}
}

Aaron