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# 1  
Old 01-10-2012
Trouble with sed and ini file parsing
hi people,

i'm having a hard time trying to extract a list of vars delimited by section inside a ini file ...

let's consider this ini file :

Code:
; config file
 
[GENERAL]
 
DESC = "channel synchro TGG01"
DMM_VER = DMM23
PATH_FIFO = /users/tgg00/fifo
 
[EMITTER]
 
QRT = BTS01.TGG.01.2
MODE_TRACE = O

now , inside a ksh batch i try to extract vars defined exclusively inside the GENERAL section ... using sed ...

Code:
sed -ne '/\[GENERAL\]/,/\[EMITTER\]/ p' < $my_ini_file


with this method the output is :

Code:
[GENERAL]
 
DESC = "channel synchro TGG01"
DMM_VER = DMM23
PATH_FIFO = /users/tgg00/fifo
 
[EMITTER]


how can i remove the section names [] from the output ?

thank you for any help !
# 2  
Old 01-10-2012
Hi odium74,

One way:
Code:
$ sed -ne '/\[GENERAL\]/,/\[EMITTER\]/ { /^\(\[\|\s*$\)/ b ; p }' infile
DESC = "channel synchro TGG01"
DMM_VER = DMM23
PATH_FIFO = /users/tgg00/fifo

Regards,
Birei
# 3  
Old 01-10-2012
Another one with awk:
Code:
# awk '/^\[GENERAL/ {x=1; next} /^\[/ {x=0} x==1 && !/^[\t ]*$/' infile
DESC = "channel synchro TGG01"
DMM_VER = DMM23
PATH_FIFO = /users/tgg00/fifo

# 4  
Old 01-10-2012
hello,

firstly thank you for replying !

i tried your solution, but there must be some kind of syntax problem, or
maybe due to the sed version of my machine ...
i'm using HP-UX B.11.11 ..

Code:
sed -ne '/\[GENERAL\]/,/\[EMISSION\]/ { /^\(\[\|\s*$\)/ b ; p }' < $my_ini_file

output error :

Code:
sed: There are too many '{'.

any alternative ?

thank you
# 5  
Old 01-10-2012
Sorry, I can't help much with that. It works in my system:
Code:
$ sed --version | head -1
GNU sed versión 4.2.1

I can guess a miss of a ';' just before or after last '}', but it's a shot in the dark. Try it. Else you will have zaxxon's awk solution.
Code:
$ sed -ne '/\[GENERAL\]/,/\[EMITTER\]/ { /^\(\[\|[ ]*$\)/ b ; p; };' infile

Regards,
Birei.
# 6  
Old 01-10-2012
Since no list has been opened (the opening square brackets are escaped),
no escape is needed for the closing bracket : it is taken as litteral.

When already inside a list, the opening square bracket is taken as litteral so : no escape needed either Smilie

Code:
sed -n '/\[GENERAL]/,/\[EMITTER]/ { /^[^[]/ p;}' yourinputfile

Code:
# cat tst
hfshfjk
[GENERAL]

DESC = "channel synchro TGG01"
DMM_VER = DMM23
PATH_FIFO = /users/tgg00/fifo

[EMITTER]
lmkmlfds

Code:
# sed -n '/\[GENERAL]/,/\[EMITTER]/ { /^[^[]./ p;}' tst
DESC = "channel synchro TGG01"
DMM_VER = DMM23
PATH_FIFO = /users/tgg00/fifo
#

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