Enhanced ini file handling (#128)

* Add ini file creation if not exists
Add section creation if not exists
Add default section if section not given
Fix read key value only from given (or default) section

* Fix to support platform specific sed

* Fixed typo in comment

* Fix test scenario to reflect changes to the (introduced) default section

* Fix expectations for scenario test

* Fix style guide compatibility

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Released: TBA.
 [Diff](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate/compare/v2.4.1...master).
 
 - [x] Capture correct error_code in err_report (#124, @eval)
-- [ ]
+- [x] Enhanced ini file handling: create new file, create new sections, handle default section, read key from given section (@rfuehrer)
 
 ## v2.4.1
 

README.md

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ We are looking for endorsements! Are you also using b3bp? [Let us know](https://
 - [A. G. Madi](https://github.com/warpengineer)
 - [Lukas Stockner](mailto:oss@genesiscloud.com)
 - [Gert Goet](https://github.com/eval)
+- [@rfuehrer](https://github.com/rfuehrer)
 
 
 ## License

src/ini_val.sh

@@ -33,16 +33,30 @@ function ini_val() {
   local delim=" = "
   local section=""
   local key=""
+  local current=""
+  # add default section
+  local section_default="default"
+
+  if [[ ! -f "${file}" ]]; then
+    # touch file if not exists
+    touch ${file}
+  fi
 
   # Split on . for section. However, section is optional
   IFS='.' read -r section key <<< "${sectionkey}"
   if [[ ! "${key}" ]]; then
     key="${section}"
-    section=""
+    # default section if not given
+    section="${section_default}"
   fi
 
-  local current
+  current=$(sed -En "/^\[/{h;d;};G;s/^${key}(.*)${delim}(.*)\n\[${section}\]$/\2/p" "${file}"|awk '{$1=$1};1')
-  current=$(awk -F "${delim}" "/^${key}${delim}/ {for (i=2; i<NF; i++) printf \$i \" \"; print \$NF}" "${file}")
+
+  if ! grep -q "\[${section}\]" ${file}; then
+    # create section if not exists (empty line to seperate new section)
+    echo  >> "${file}"
+    echo "[${section}]" >> "${file}"
+  fi
 
   if [[ ! "${val}" ]]; then
     # get a value
@@ -51,19 +65,19 @@ function ini_val() {
     # set a value
     if [[ ! "${current}" ]]; then
       # doesn't exist yet, add
-
       if [[ ! "${section}" ]]; then
-        # no section was given, add to bottom of file
+        # if no section is given, propagate the default section
-        echo "${key}${delim}${val}" >> "${file}"
+        section=${section_default}
-      else
-        # add to section
-        sed -i.bak -e "/\\[${section}\\]/a ${key}${delim}${val}" "${file}"
-        # this .bak dance is done for BSD/GNU portability: http://stackoverflow.com/a/22084103/151666
-        rm -f "${file}.bak"
       fi
+      # add to section
+      RET="/\\[${section}\\]/a\\
+${key}${delim}${val}"
+      sed -i.bak -e "${RET}" "${file}"
+      # this .bak dance is done for BSD/GNU portability: http://stackoverflow.com/a/22084103/151666
+      rm -f "${file}.bak"
     else
-      # replace existing
+      # replace existing (modified to replace only keys in given section)
-      sed -i.bak -e "/^${key}${delim}/s/${delim}.*/${delim}${val}/" "${file}"
+      sed -i.bak -e "/^\[${section}\]/,/^\[.*\]/ s|^\(${key}[ \t]*${delim}[ \t]*\).*$|\1${val}|" "${file}"
       # this .bak dance is done for BSD/GNU portability: http://stackoverflow.com/a/22084103/151666
       rm -f "${file}.bak"
     fi

test/fixture/ini_val.stdio

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ exists
 127.0.0.1
 nginx, nodejs
 --> command: Replace three values in-place and show result
+[default]
 orphan = no more
 
 [connection]
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ exists
 127.0.0.1
 nginx, nodejs
 --> function: Replace three values in-place and show result
+[default]
 orphan = no more
 
 [connection]

test/scenario/ini_val/data.ini

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[default]
 orphan = exists
 
 [connection]