Knife exec script for editing 'normal' attributes from the command line. Call with: knife exec node_edit.rb <node> <JSON>

node_edit.rb

#
# Author:: Dimitri Aivaliotis <dna@everyware.ch>
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2013 Every Ware Ltd
# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
#
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# Learned much from node_editor.rb (source) and knife-hacks (github)
# Author:: Daniel DeLeo (<dan@opscode.com>)
# Author:: Steven Danna (steve@opcsode.com)
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2011 Opscode, Inc.
# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0


#
# Quick hack to edit 'normal' attributes from the command line.
# Call with:
#            knife exec node_edit.rb <node> <JSON>
#
require 'chef/json_compat'
require 'chef/mixin/deep_merge'

updated_data = Chef::JSONCompat.from_json(ARGV[3])

nodes.find(:name => ARGV[2]).each do |n|
  puts "Editing #{n.name}"

  normal_attrs = Chef::Mixin::DeepMerge.merge(n.normal_attrs,updated_data)
  n.normal_attrs = normal_attrs

  if Chef::Config[:why_run]
    puts "normal attributes that would be saved: "
    puts Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(normal_attrs)
  else
    n.save
  end

end

exit 0