econftool8
Configuration file manager
Usage
econftool COMMAND
[OPTIONS]
</path/to/configfile>.conf
Overview
Tool which allows to easily manage the configuration file snippets.
Commands
show-
Reads all snippets for <filename>.conf (in /usr/etc and /etc), and prints all groups,keys and their values. The root directories is /. It can be set by the environment variable $ECONFTOOL_ROOT.
cat-
Prints the content of the files and the name of the file in the order as it has been read.
edit-
Starts the editor $EDITOR (environment variable) where the groups, keys and values can be modified and saved afterwards.
OPTIONS
-f, --full: Copy the original configuration file to /etc instead of
creating drop-in files.
--use-home: Only has an effect if the user is root.
Chooses the root home directory instead of /etc.
revert-
Reverts all changes to the vendor versions. Basically deletes the config file and snippet directory in /etc.
OPTIONS
-y, --yes: Assumes yes for all prompts and runs non-interactively.
Options
-
--comment <character> -
Character which starts a comment. ('#' default).
-
--delimiters <string> -
Characters which separates key/value entries. ("=" default).
e.g. --delimiters="= "
e.g. --delimiters=spaces regarding all spaces
Releases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm).