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  1. @splaspood splaspood created this gist Dec 13, 2011.
    17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions bash_iniparse.sh
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    cfg.parser () {
    fixed_file=$(cat $1 | sed 's/ = /=/g') # fix ' = ' to be '='
    IFS=$'\n' && ini=( $fixed_file ) # convert to line-array
    ini=( ${ini[*]//;*/} ) # remove comments
    ini=( ${ini[*]/#[/\}$'\n'cfg.section.} ) # set section prefix
    ini=( ${ini[*]/%]/ \(} ) # convert text2function (1)
    ini=( ${ini[*]/=/=\( } ) # convert item to array
    ini=( ${ini[*]/%/ \)} ) # close array parenthesis
    ini=( ${ini[*]/%\( \)/\(\) \{} ) # convert text2function (2)
    ini=( ${ini[*]/%\} \)/\}} ) # remove extra parenthesis
    ini[0]='' # remove first element
    ini[${#ini[*]} + 1]='}' # add the last brace
    eval "$(echo "${ini[*]}")" # eval the result
    }

    cfg.parser '/etc/my.ini'
    cfg.section.images