NAME¶

crudini - manipulate ini files

SYNOPSIS¶

crudini --set [OPTION]... config_file section [param] [value]
crudini --get [OPTION]... config_file [section] [param]
crudini --del [OPTION]... config_file section [param] [list value]
crudini --merge [OPTION]... config_file [section]

DESCRIPTION¶

crudini - A utility for manipulating ini files

SECTION can be empty ("") or "DEFAULT" in which case, params not in a section, i.e. global parameters are operated on. If 'DEFAULT' is used with --set, an explicit [DEFAULT] section is added.

OPTIONS¶

--existing[=WHAT]

For --set, --del and --merge, fail if item is missing, where WHAT is 'file', 'section', or 'param', or if WHAT not specified; all specified items.

--format=FMT

For --get, select the output FMT. Formats are 'sh','ini','lines'

--ini-options=OPT

Set options for handling ini files. Options are: 'nospace': use format name=value not name = value

--inplace

Lock and write files in place. This is not atomic but has less restrictions than the default replacement method.

--list

For --set and --del, update a list (set) of values

--list-sep=STR

Delimit list values with "STR" instead of " ,". An empty STR means any whitespace is a delimiter.

--output=FILE

Write output to FILE instead. '-' means stdout

--verbose

Indicate on stderr if changes were made

--help

Write this help to stdout

--version

Write version to stdout

EXAMPLES¶

# Add/Update a var

crudini --set config_file section parameter value

# Add/Update a var in the root or global area. # I.e. that's not under a [section].

crudini --set config_file "" parameter value

# Update an existing var

crudini --set --existing config_file section parameter value

# Add/Append a value to a comma separated list # Note any whitespace around commas is ignored

crudini --set --list config_file section parameter a_value

# Add/Append a value to a whitespace separated list # Note multiline lists are supported (as newline is whitespace)

crudini --set --list --list-sep= config_file section parameter a_value

# Delete a var

crudini --del config_file section parameter

# Delete a section

crudini --del config_file section

# output a value

crudini --get config_file section parameter

# output a global value not in a section

crudini --get config_file "" parameter

# output a section

crudini --get config_file section

# output a section, parseable by shell

eval "$(crudini --get --format=sh config_file section)"

# update an ini file from shell variable(s)

echo name="$name" | crudini --merge config_file section

# merge an ini file from another ini

crudini --merge config_file < another.ini

# compare two ini files using standard UNIX text processing

diff <(crudini --get --format=lines file1.ini|sort) \

<(crudini --get --format=lines file2.ini|sort)

# Rewrite ini file to use name=value format rather than name = value

crudini --ini-options=nospace --set config_file ""

# Add/Update a var, ensuring complete file in name=value format

crudini --ini-options=nospace --set config_file section parameter value