edit multiple values at once and file locking about crudini

[4lex11s]

a workaround 🤡

#bash4
declare -A General=([Experimental]=true [KernelExperimental]=true [ControllerMode]=bredr)

for c in "${!General[@]}"; do
    printf  -- "--set  /etc/bluetooth/main.conf  General %s  %s\n" "$c" "${General[$c]}" |xargs -t crudini
done
  # crudini --set /etc/bluetooth/main.conf General KernelExperimental true
  # crudini --set /etc/bluetooth/main.conf General Experimental true
  # crudini --set /etc/bluetooth/main.conf General ControllerMode bredr

(taken from my memory aid ;)

[pixelb]

The --merge functionality may be used to update multiple items at once.
That doesn't cater for delete though

[fekir]

Mhm, I thought --merge needed a second file, but I see it's not the case, but

• as you wrote, it is not possible to remove values
• it also seems that it is possible to add values only under a given section (granted, in the example I gave I also added values only under a given section)

[pixelb]

workaround is concise, but still inefficient, non atomic.
Still intend to implement support for this

[pixelb]

@fekir one can now do:

crudini --set config_file section parameter1 value \
        --set config_file section parameter2 value \
        --del config_file section parameter3