#!/bin/bash
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#
# cli_getConfigLines.sh -- This function standardizes the way
# configuration lines are retrieved form configuration files. As
# arguments, the configuration file absolute path, the configuration
# section name, and the configuration option name must be provided.
#
# Written by:
# * Alain Reguera Delgado <al@centos.org.cu>, 2009-2013
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#
# Copyright (C) 2009-2013 The CentOS Project
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# General Public License for more details.
#
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#
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function cli_getConfigLines {
# Initialize absolute path to configuration file.
local CONFIGURATION_FILE="${1}"
# Verify that configuration file does exist.
cli_checkFiles -e ${CONFIGURATION_FILE}
# Initialize configuration section name where the variable value
# we want to to retrieve is set in.
local CONFIGURATION_SECTION="${2}"
# Be sure the configuration section name has the correct format.
if [[ ! ${CONFIGURATION_SECTION} =~ '^[[:alnum:]._-]+$' ]];then
cli_printMessage "`gettext "The configuration section provided is incorrect."`" --as-error-line
fi
# Initialize variable name we want to retrieve value from.
local CONFIGURATION_OPTION="${3}"
# Verify configuration variable name. When no variable name is
# provided print all configuration lines that can be considered as
# well-formed paths. Be sure configuration variable name starts
# just at the beginning of the line.
if [[ ! ${CONFIGURATION_OPTION} =~ '^[[:alnum:]_./-]+$' ]];then
CONFIGURATION_OPTION='[[:alnum:]_./-]+[[:space:]]*='
fi
# Retrieve configuration lines from configuration file.
local CONFIGURATION_LINES=$(cat ${CONFIGURATION_FILE} \
| egrep -v '^#' \
| egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' \
| sed -r -n "/^\[${CONFIGURATION_SECTION}\][[:space:]]*$/,/^\[/p" \
| egrep -v '^\[' | sort | uniq \
| egrep "^${CONFIGURATION_OPTION}")
# Output value related to variable name.
echo "${CONFIGURATION_LINES}"
}