Bash helpers

Last Commit	7acfc6e (August 30, 2025 12:00 am)
Repository	https://github.com/magicoli/bash-helpers
License	Copyright (c) 2015, Olivier van Helden olivier@van-helden.net

Copyright 2015 Olivier van Helden olivier@van-helden.net. Released under GNU Affero GPL v3.0 license, unless otherwise stated. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

A couple of useful tools for bash scripting.

helpers

Put this line at the beginning of your script (do not run the file directly, source it):

. /path/to/helpers

and use these functions inside the script

end [errornumber] [message]
log [errornumber] [message]
readvar [var]
yesno [-y] ["message"]
ucfirst [string]

ini_parser

A tool to read .ini config in bash scripts

let’s say you have a .ini file with this content

[Default]
    name = "Albert"
[Smart]
    name = "Einstein"

Put this line at the beginning of your script (do not run the file directly, source it):

. /path/to/ini_parser

And, where you need it

ini.parse /path/to/config/file.ini
ini.section.Default
echo $name

Output: Albert

Then, later… (no need to repeat ini.parse /path/to/config/file.ini)

ini.section.Smart
echo $name

Output: Einstein

Voilà ! (en français dans le texte)

More details inside ini_parser