innie

Read, write, and delete INI file entries from the command line.

Setup

Requirements

• Node and NPM

Installation

To install innie globally:

npm install -g @aaashur/innie

To run without installing:

npx @aaashur/innie <command> <args>

Usage

Given colors.ini:

black=rgb(0, 0, 0)

[red]
100=rgb(255, 245, 245)
200=rgb(254, 215, 215)
300=rgb(254, 178, 178)

[orange]
100=rgb(255, 250, 240)
200=rgb(254, 235, 200)
300=rgb(254, 235, 200)

read

Read the value of top-level key black:

$ innie read colors.ini black
rgb(0, 0, 0)

Read the value of key 100 in section red:

$ innie read colors.ini red.100
rgb(255, 245, 245)

Read the value of all keys in section orange:

$ innie read colors.ini orange
100=rgb(255, 250, 240)
200=rgb(254, 235, 200)
300=rgb(254, 235, 200)

write

Write the value of new top-level key white:

$ innie write colors.ini white "rgb(255, 255, 255)"

Overwrite the value of existing nested key 300 in section orange:

$ innie write colors.ini orange.300 "rgb(251, 211, 141)"

Create a new section yellow and write the value of nested key 100:

$ innie write colors.ini yellow.100 "rgb(255, 255, 240)"

delete

Delete top-level key white:

$ innie delete colors.ini white

Delete nested key 300 in section orange:

$ innie delete colors.ini orange.300

Delete section yellow and all of its nested keys:

$ innie delete colors.ini yellow