dconf batch backup & restore (w/ meld)

gistfile1.txt

dconf dump / | grep '^\[' | tr -d '\[' | tr -d '\]' |
  while read a; do
    (
      dconf dump /$a/ |
      sed -e 's@\[/\]@DUMMYPLACEHOLDER@g' |
      sed -e '/DUMMYPLACEHOLDER/,$!d' |
      tail -n+2 |
      sed -e 's@^\[@DUMMYPLACEHOLDER@g' |
      sed '/DUMMYPLACEHOLDER/,$d'; echo
    ) |
    sort | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' > $(echo $a | tr '/' '_')
  done

ls | while read file; do
  echo -n "["; echo -n $file | tr '_' '/'; echo "]"
  cat $file
  echo
done