Trying to show lines in INI files until the comment character (#)
I have a working directory on a server with over 100 INI files. For the most part, they are configured the same way. Each line will contain 1 or none variables listed from the first character in the line such as VariableName=0.
Unfortunately there are comments everywhere using the poundsign.
I have created a looping grep - I grep all files for one particular variable - so that all of the same settings in the files are stacked one upon the other for easy review. Then the loop move to the next variable name in my list.
My problem is this. I use the following line to omit where the comment text might state directions to set the variable = this or that for these reasons:
This blocked lines where the vaiable was set and then a comment was appended in the line of text after the variable was set, such as
Code:
VariableZ=0 # Remember to never set this variable to 1.
This is probably a newbie type question, but how do I bring back the VariableZ=0 portion and nothing after the # sign? If the pound sign is the first character in a line, I don't want to report any of that line either.
grep $varEQ *.ini | sed -n 's/\(.*\)#.*/\1/p' >> /tmp/ini_FTP_settings_$INTFC.lst
John1212: I think yours has the greatest chance of working. At this point, it does not. When a line is encountered with a pound sign, nothing is returned and appended to my output. (What is appended is the filename: portion of the stdout from grepping across multiple files.) Is there a small sytax error in your sed substitution code? I am not good at sed yet, and would appreciate you looking at it a second time.
Dear hindesite!!
For me, your comment about my chance is unnecessary.
You work though you 'not good at sed yet'.
I recall you, 'grep' you written.
What for do I know that you don't want the name of ini files ?
boy, and so seriously,
who are interested in the existence of the text in the collection of *. ini, and do not want to know where.
Learn. Learn. Learn the logic. Learn about "grep" too.
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