---
name: "inivar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "linuxcnc-uspace"
version: "1:2.9.4-2+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/inivar"
---

# inivar(1)

Query an INI file

## NAME

inivar - Query an INI file

## SYNOPSIS

**inivar -var \<variable\> {-sec *\<section\>*} {-ini *\<INI file\>*}**

## DESCRIPTION

**inivar** does stuff for LinuxCNC

Prints to stdout the INI file result of a variable-in-section search, useful for scripts that want to pick things out of INI files.

syntax:  inivar -var \<variable\> {-sec \<section\>} {-ini *\<INI file\>*}

Uses emc.ini as default. \<variable\> needs to be supplied. If \<section\> is omitted, first instance of \<variable\> will be looked for in any section. Otherwise only a match of the variable in \<section\> will be returned.

## SEE ALSO

**LinuxCNC(1)**

Much more information about LinuxCNC and HAL is available in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, found at /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/.

## BUGS

None known at this time.

## AUTHOR

This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 andypugh.\
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.