SCONFIG - Simple configuration file management for the Linux Shell

What is it

SCONFIG is a simple configuration file management tool for the Linux Shell (bash, ksh, csh, etc). The purpose is to easily make changes in configuration files (TOML, JSON, YAML java.properties files).

Example:

sconfig config.toml fastsync.version=v1
sconfig genesis.json consensus_params.block.max_bytes=22020095 --type string

The first example will override (or add) the entry version="v1" into the [fastsync] section of config.toml.

The second example will override (or add) the entry max_bytes="22020095" in a json map. If the entry was an integer, it will be converted into a string.

How to get it

Check the releases page.

How to build it from source

Install Golang, then run:

go install github.com/freshautomations/sconfig@latest

How to use

Usage:
  sconfig <filename> <key=value> [<key=value>] ... [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help          help for sconfig
  -s, --strict        Only allow changes but not new entries.
  -t, --type string   Override value(s) type.
  -v, --version       version for sconfig

By default, sconfig will add a new entry to the config file, if it did not exist before. This can be limited using -s in which case only existing entries can be updated. For existing entries, sconfig will convert the input string into the type that of the configuration item. If it cannot convert it, it will return with an error. This can be overridden by defining what type that new config parameter should be with -t. New entries are string type, unless overridden by -t. If -t is present, all key=value pairs are going to be forced into that type.

Accepted types

• bool, boolean
• float, float32, float64
• int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, uintptr
• intslice
• stringslice
• time
• duration
• string, str

Map types are not supported but you can use the dotted notation (section.key=value) to build maps one entry at a time.

Caveats

File extensions are important.

The Golang Viper library that is used for sconfig will load and save a file based on its file extension.

Examples:

Commands ran:

sconfig <file> myint=4 myfakeint=eleven
sconfig <file> myrealfloat=3.2 -t float
sconfig <file> myintlist=[3,4,5] -t intslice

File: example.toml

myint=3
myfakeint="1"
mystring="bye"
myintlist=[1,2,3]
mystringlist=["hello","goodbye"]

Result of commands:

myfakeint = "eleven"
myint = 4
myintlist = [3,4,5]
myrealfloat = 3.2
mystring = "bye"
mystringlist = ["hello","goodbye"]

File: example.json

{
  "myint": 3,
  "myfakeint": "1",
  "mystring": "bye",
  "myintlist": [
    1,
    2,
    3
  ],
  "mystringlist": [
    "hello",
    "goodbye"
  ]
}

Result of commands:

{
  "myfakeint": "eleven",
  "myint": 4,
  "myintlist": [
    3,
    4,
    5
  ],
  "myrealfloat": 3.2,
  "mystring": "bye",
  "mystringlist": [
    "hello",
    "goodbye"
  ]
}