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/usr/bin/econftool

Enhanced Config File Parser

From libeconf 0.8.6-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running econftool --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: econftool COMMAND [OPTIONS] <<filename>.<suffix> | <absolute_filename_path>>

If <absolute_filename_path> (begins with "/") is given, only this
file will be parsed.
Otherwise different files in /etc /usr/vendor and */<filename>.suffix.d/
directories will be parsed.

COMMANDS:
show     reads all snippets for <filename>.conf (in /usr/etc and /etc),
         and prints all groups,keys and their values.
         The root directories is /. It can be set by the environment
         variable $ECONFTOOL_ROOT
cat      prints the content of the files and the name of the file in the order
         as it has been read.
syntax   checks the syntax, prints parsing errors and returns 1 if an error
         has been found (otherwise 0).
         as it has been read.
edit     starts the editor $EDITOR (environment variable) where the
         groups, keys and values can be modified and saved afterwards.
  -f, --full:      copy the original configuration file to /etc instead of
                   creating drop-in files.
  --use-home:      only has an effect if the user is root.
                   chooses the root home directory instead of /etc.
revert   reverts all changes to the vendor versions. Basically deletes
         the config file and snippet directory in /etc.
  -y, --yes:       assumes yes for all prompts and runs non-interactively.


general Options:
--comment <character>: Character which starts a comment. ('#' default).
--delimiters <string>: Characters which separates key/value entries. ("=" default).
                       e.g. --delimiters="= \t"
                       e.g. --delimiters=spaces   regarding all spaces
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
-f, --fullcopy the original configuration file to /etc instead of creating drop-in files.help
--use-homeonly has an effect if the user is root.help
-y, --yesassumes yes for all prompts and runs non-interactively.help
--comment characterCharacter which starts a comment. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--delimiters stringCharacters which separates key/value entries. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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