On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 12:17 -0400, Berend Tober wrote: > I wanted to ask if there are any ready-made, free, or built-in bash > tools or utilities for scripting manipulation of configuration file > settings -- you know, the kind of file that is ubiquitous in Linux > whereby "key = value" pairs are specified. Did a brief Google search > and didn't readily find anything suitable. Maybe I didn't use the > right search keywords. Use the chainsaw! Config::IniFiles http://search.cpan.org/dist/Config-IniFiles/IniFiles.pm Config::General http://search.cpan.org/~tlinden/Config-General-2.31/General.pm Config::INI::Simple http://search.cpan.org/~kirsle/Config-INI-Simple-0.01/lib/Config/INI/Simple.pm I use the top two in production code, and they work great. -- David A. Desrosiers desrod gnu-designs com http://gnu-designs.com "Erosion of civil liberties... is a threat to national security."
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