ini.sed

ini.sed

# this will convert the ini data into this flat format:
#
# owner|name|John Doe
# owner|organization|Acme Widgets Inc.
# database|server|192.0.2.62
# database|port|143
# database|file|payroll.dat

# Configuration bindings found outside any section are given to
# to the default section.
1 {
  x
  s/^/default/
  x
}

# Lines starting with a #-character are comments.
/#/n

# Sections are unpacked and stored in the hold space.
/\[/ {
  s/\[\(.*\)\]/\1/
  x
  b
}

# Bindings are unpacked and decorated with the section
# they belong to, before being printed.
/=/ {
  s/^[[:space:]]*//
  s/[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*/|/
  G
  s/\(.*\)\n\(.*\)/\2|\1/
  p
}