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Old 08-26-2009
How to walk through a config file with /bin/sh

Hi there,

i tried a lot of things actually to get my script running as expected.

Situation:
I have a config file with several parameters in the form
Code:
     FFF.thisIsaParam=Value
     FFF.included.AnotherPortofParam=Value

Additionally there are some comments in it.

Script should be in traditional /bin/sh

running a for-loop works as long as I filter out the commented lines, which i not what I need.
Going for a "while read line" statement does print the comments and writes them to the tempfile but I'm not able to enter/modify the values param by param, as the additional read statement is beeing "ignored".

The easiest way would be some kind of array, but I didn't got it working so far. Is there another way to get this working?

Thanks and regards,
Stefan

Last edited by zaxxon; 08-26-2009 at 09:15 AM.. Reason: code tags
 

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NPM-CONFIG(1)                                                                                                                        NPM-CONFIG(1)

NAME
npm-config - Manage the npm configuration files SYNOPSIS
npm config set <key> <value> [-g|--global] npm config get <key> npm config delete <key> npm config list [-l] [--json] npm config edit npm get <key> npm set <key> <value> [-g|--global] aliases: c DESCRIPTION
npm gets its config settings from the command line, environment variables, npmrc files, and in some cases, the package.json file. See npm help 5 npmrc for more information about the npmrc files. See npm help 7 npm-config for a more thorough discussion of the mechanisms involved. The npm config command can be used to update and edit the contents of the user and global npmrc files. Sub-commands Config supports the following sub-commands: set npm config set key value Sets the config key to the value. If value is omitted, then it sets it to "true". get npm config get key Echo the config value to stdout. list npm config list Show all the config settings. Use -l to also show defaults. Use --json to show the settings in json format. delete npm config delete key Deletes the key from all configuration files. edit npm config edit Opens the config file in an editor. Use the --global flag to edit the global config. SEE ALSO
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