crudini - A utility for manipulating ini files

Usage:

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]
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
                       'space': ensure name = value format
                       'sectionspace': ensure one blank line between sections
                       '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
Rewrite ini file to ensure a single blank line between sections,
and no leading or trailing blank lines
crudini --ini-options=sectionspace --set config_file ""
Read indented ini file, like .gitconfig
crudini --ini-options=ignoreindent --format=lines --get ~/.gitconfig

Installation

On windows ensure a python interpreter is installed. For example installing from https://www.python.org/downloads/ will put the py launcher and pip in the PATH.

Then ensure the iniparse module is installed by running the following from a "cmd" prompt:

pip install iniparse

Then crudini can be invoked by downloading just the crudini.py file and running like:

py crudini.py --help

On Linux systems crudini is generally available from your standard package manager, and installing will also ensure the iniparse dependency is appropriately installed on your system. You can also download and run the single crudini.py file directly to use latest version.

On any system you should be able to pip install the latest code from github like:

pip install git+https://github.com/pixelb/crudini.git#egg=crudini