power-mailinabox/tools/editconf.py
2014-04-17 20:17:24 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/python3
import sys, re
# sanity check
if len(sys.argv) < 3:
print("usage: python3 editconf.py /etc/file.conf [-s] NAME=VAL [NAME=VAL ...]")
sys.exit(1)
# parse command line arguments
filename = sys.argv[1]
settings = sys.argv[2:]
delimiter = "="
delimiter_re = r"\s*=\s*"
if settings[0] == "-s":
settings.pop(0)
delimiter = " "
delimiter_re = r"\s+"
# create the new config file in memory
found = set()
buf = ""
for line in open(filename):
for i in range(len(settings)):
name, val = settings[i].split("=", 1)
m = re.match("\s*" + re.escape(name) + delimiter_re + "(.*?)\s*$", line)
if m:
# If this is already the setting, do nothing.
if m.group(1) == val:
buf += line
found.add(i)
break
# comment-out the existing line
buf += "#" + line
# if this option oddly appears more than once, don't add the setting again
if i in found:
break
# add the new setting
buf += name + delimiter + val + "\n"
# note that we've applied this option
found.add(i)
break
else:
# If did not match any setting names, pass this line through.
buf += line
# Put any settings we didn't see at the end of the file.
for i in range(len(settings)):
if i not in found:
name, val = settings[i].split("=", 1)
buf += name + delimiter + val + "\n"
# Write out the new file.
with open(filename, "w") as f:
f.write(buf)