1CRUDINI(1) User Commands CRUDINI(1)
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6 crudini - manipulate ini files
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9 crudini --set [OPTION]... config_file section [param] [value]
10 crudini --get [OPTION]... config_file [section] [param]
11 crudini --del [OPTION]... config_file section [param] [list value]
12 crudini --merge [OPTION]... config_file [section]
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15 crudini - A utility for manipulating ini files
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18 --existing[=WHAT]
19 For --set, --del and --merge, fail if item is missing, where
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23 --format=FMT
24 For --get, select the output FMT. Formats are sh,ini,lines
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26 --inplace
27 Lock and write files in place. This is not atomic but has less
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30 --list For --set and --del, update a list (set) of values
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36 Write output to FILE instead. '-' means stdout
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39 Indicate on stderr if changes were made
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41 --help Write this help to stdout
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43 --version
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47 # Add/Update a var
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49 crudini --set config_file section parameter value
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65 crudini --get config_file section parameter
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73 crudini --get config_file section
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75 # output a section, parseable by shell
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79 # update an ini file from shell variable(s)
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83 # merge an ini file from another ini
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87 # compare two ini files using standard UNIX text processing
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95crudini 0.9 December 2016 CRUDINI(1)