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ini config parser for shell it bug when values or keys contains a ‘#’ sign see also http://ajdiaz.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/bash-ini-parser
#!/bin/sh
# Author: CJ
# Date..: 01/03/2013
## sample INI file save below to a file, replace "^I" with tab
#^I [ SECTION ONE ]
#TOKEN_TWO^I ="Value1 two "
#TOKEN_ONE=Value1 One
#TOKEN_THREE=^I"Value1^I three" # a comment string
#TOKEN_FOUR^I=^I"^IValue1 four"
#
#[SECTION_TWO]
#TOKEN_ONE=Value1 One ^I^I^I# another comment string
#TOKEN_TWO^I ="Value1 two "
#TOKEN_THREE=^I"Value1^I three"
#TOKEN_FOUR^I=^I"^IValue1 four"
## sample INI file
export INI= # allows access to the parsed INI values in toto by children
iniParse() {
# Make word separator Linefeed(\n)
OIFS="${IFS}"
IFS=$(echo)
SECTION=_
while read LINE; do {
IFS="${OIFS}"
# Skip blank lines
TMP="$(echo "${LINE}"|sed -e "s/^[ \t]*//")"
if [ 0 -ne ${#TMP} ]; then
# Ignore comment lines
if [ '#' == "${LINE:0:1}" -o '*' == "${LINE:0:1}" ]; then
continue
fi # if [ '#' == "${LINE:0:1}" -o '*' == "${LINE:0:1}" ]; then
# Section label
if [ "[" == "${LINE:0:1}" ]; then
LINE="${LINE/[/}"
LINE="${LINE/]/}"
LINE="${LINE/ /_}"
SECTION=$(echo "${LINE}")_
else
LINE="$(echo "${LINE}"|sed -e "s/^[ \t]*//")"
LINE="$(echo "${LINE}"|cut -d# -f1)"
TOKEN="$(echo "${LINE:0}"|cut -d= -f1)"
EQOFS=${#TOKEN}
TOKEN="$(echo "${TOKEN}"|sed -e "s/[ \t]*//g")"
VALUE="${LINE:${EQOFS}}"
VALUE="$(echo "${VALUE}"|sed -e "s/^[ \t=]*//")"
VALUE="$(echo "${VALUE}"|sed -e "s/[ \t]*$//")"
if [ "${VALUE:0:1}" == '"' ]; then
echo -n "${SECTION}${TOKEN}=${VALUE}"
echo -e "\r"
else
echo -n "${SECTION}${TOKEN}="\"${VALUE}\"""
echo -e "\r"
fi # if [ "${VALUE:0:1}" == '"' ]; then
fi # if [ "[" == "${LINE:0:1}" ]; then
fi # if [ 0 -ne ${#TMP} ]; then
IFS=$(echo)
} done <<< "$1"
IFS="${OIFS}" # restore original IFS value
} # iniParse()
# call this function with the INI filespec
iniReader() {
if [ -z "$1" ]; then return 1; fi
TMPINI="$(<$1)"
TMPINI="$(echo "${TMPINI}"|sed -e "s/\r//g")"
TMPINI="$(echo "${TMPINI}"|sed -e "s/[ \t]*\[[ \t]*/[/g")"
TMPINI="$(echo "${TMPINI}"|sed -e "s/[ \t]*\][ \t]*/]/g")"
INI=`iniParse "${TMPINI}"`
INI="$(echo "${INI}"|sed -e "s/\r/\n/g")"
eval "${INI}"
return 0
} # iniReader() {
# sample usage
if iniReader $1 ; then
echo INI read, exit_code $? # exit_code == 0
cat <<< "${INI}"
cat <<< "${SECTION_ONE_TOKEN_FOUR}"
cat <<< "${SECTION_ONE_TOKEN_THREE}"
cat <<< "${SECTION_TWO_TOKEN_TWO}"
cat <<< "${SECTION_TWO_TOKEN_ONE}"
else
echo usage: $0 filename.ini
fi
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