`ini`

ini works with native INI files: read sections and typed values, search settings, validate syntax or atomically change one key. A path is either key or section.key.

DataVersion 1.3.5Stable

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pwd/sandboxdir 1 . -Fconfig/ data/ logs/ src/ tmp/app.iniapplication.name lil-sandbox application.debug true paths.source ../src paths.public ../publicini $ -cValid INIini $ -f "path*" -kpaths.public ../public paths.source ../src

Overview

ini works directly with INI files: read dotted keys, search keys or values, change one setting atomically, validate the result, or inspect the normalized source without a session buffer.

A section and a key make two levels

application.name selects name inside [application]. A deeper path such as a.b.c is rejected deliberately; JSON, TOML or YAML is a better fit when the configuration needs more nesting.

Syntax

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ini <file> [key|options] · ini dump <file>

Reference

ini <file>

show INI data

ini <file> <key>

show one exact path or value

ini dump <file>

show normalized source text

-f <text|mask> [-k|-v]

find matching keys, paths or values

-w <key> : <value>

write a value directly to the file

-w <key> < <file>

write a value read from another file

-d <key>

delete a value or path

-c

validate the file

Active file

With the current core, a successfully opened file is immediately available as $. If this module is the highest-priority installed handler for the file extension, typing the filename by itself opens it through this command. These are core conveniences; ini <file> remains the explicit form.

Search

-f searches paths and values. Add -k for keys only or -v for values only. Queries containing * or ? are treated as masks.

Direct editing

-w writes immediately to the file. Use : for an inline value or < <file> to read a value from another file. -d deletes one dotted path.

Interactive sandbox preview

Run the prepared examples directly on the page. Their results are prebuilt and shown in the browser; no terminal command is executed on the server.

Open the file and reuse it with $

Install and manage

Install the current compatible version. Choose Base for the complete feature set or Minimum for the reduced package; use upgrade to update a module that is already installed.

Base and Minimum are two packages of the same current module release, not separate command versions.

Base package

Install the complete package with local command reference and every published mode.

install ini

Minimum package

Install the reduced package. Local reference is omitted; help <cmd> -i opens the current server reference.

install ini -m

Exact public version

Install exactly this published version.

install ini -v 1.3.5

Check or update

Ask upgrade to check compatibility and replace the installed block only when needed.

upgrade ini

Remove module

Remove the extension block while leaving the core and unrelated modules intact.

install ini -u

Examples

Examples are copyable command lines, not actions executed by this website. Review paths, permissions and destructive flags before running them on a real project.

Open the file and reuse it with $

cd \sandbox\config | ini app.ini

application.name   lil-sandbox
application.debug  true
paths.source        ../src
paths.public        ../public

Show INI data

app.ini

application.name   lil-sandbox
application.debug  true
paths.source        ../src
paths.public        ../public

Show one exact path or value

ini $ application.name

lil-sandbox

Ini · find-key

ini $ -f "path*" -k

paths.public  ../public
paths.source  ../src

Ini · find-value

ini $ -f "../public" -v

paths.public  ../public

Ini · write

ini $ -w application.password : "Ed1g!fs:13od"

application.password  Ed1g!fs:13od

Ini · delete

ini $ -d application.password

application.name   lil-sandbox
application.debug  true

Ini · validate

ini $ -c

Valid INI

Show normalized source text

ini dump $ > ini-review.txt -r

[application]
name = "lil-sandbox"
debug = true

[paths]
source = "../src"
public = "../public"

Handle a missing file

ini \sandbox\config\missing.ini

File not found

File used in this example: `sandbox/config/app.ini`

The example uses a file or directory from the protected /sandbox/ documentation workspace.

[application]
name = "lil-sandbox"
debug = true

[paths]
source = "../src"
public = "../public"

Current public release

v1.3.52026-08-13

Standardized structured-data help

Simplifies the INI overview and groups search, write, delete and validation operations as flags.

# Version history

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