code: def _shell_to_ini(shell_file_contents: List[str]) -> List[str]:
      
      line_number = 0
      while line_number < len(shell_file_contents):
          line = shell_file_contents[line_number].strip()
          if "=" not in line:
              del shell_file_contents[line_number]
          else:
              if line.strip().startswith(_EXPORT_COMMAND):
                  shell_file_contents[line_number] = line.replace(_EXPORT_COMMAND, "").strip()
              line_number += 1
      return shell_file_contents
docs: Converts a shell file, which just contains comments and "export *" statements into an ini file.
      :param shell_file_contents: the contents of the shell file
      :return: lines of an equivalent ini file