1ECONFTOOL(8)              configuration file manager              ECONFTOOL(8)
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NAME

6       econftool - Configuration File Manager
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SYNOPSIS

9       econftool COMMAND [OPTIONS] </path/to/configfile>.conf
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DESCRIPTION

12       Tool which allows to easily manage the configuration file snippets.
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COMMANDS

16       show   Reads  all  snippets for <filename>.conf (in /usr/etc and /etc),
17              and prints all groups,keys and their values.  The root  directo‐
18              ries  is  /.  It  can  be set by the environment variable $ECON‐
19              FTOOL_ROOT.
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21       cat    Prints the content of the files and the name of the file in  the
22              order as it has been read.
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24       edit   Starts  the  editor  $EDITOR  (environment  variable)  where the
25              groups, keys and values can be modified and saved afterwards.
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27              OPTIONS
28               -f, --full:      Copy the original configuration file  to  /etc
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30                                creating drop-in files.
31               --use-home:      Only has an effect if the user is root.
32                                Chooses  the  root  home  directory instead of
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36       revert Reverts all changes to the vendor  versions.  Basically  deletes
37              the config file and snippet directory in /etc.
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39              OPTIONS
40                -y,  --yes:       Assumes yes for all prompts and runs non-in‐
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general OPTIONS

46       --comment <character>
47                Character which starts a comment. ('#' default).
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50       --delimiters <string>
51               Characters which separates key/value entries. ("=" default).
52               e.g. --delimiters="= "
53               e.g. --delimiters=spaces   regarding all spaces
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SEE ALSO

57       libeconf
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84libeconf                          2 Apr 2021                      ECONFTOOL(8)
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