CRUDINI(1)

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.

Multiple --set|--del|--get operations for a config_file can be specified.

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 'ignoreindent': ignore leading whitespace

--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/Update/Delete multiple variables atomically

    crudini --set config_file section parameter1 value \

--set config_file section parameter2 value \

--del config_file section parameter3

# Get multiple items from stdin

    env | crudini --get - '' USER --get - '' SHELL

# 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

# Read indented ini file, like .gitconfig

    crudini --ini-options=ignoreindent --format=lines --get ~/.gitconfig