toml

toml reads and changes the common TOML subset used by configuration files: tables, dotted keys, scalar values and simple lists. Validation and writes happen directly on the selected file.

DataVersion 1.1.5Stable
lil-terminal

Overview

toml handles common TOML configuration directly in place: inspect dotted paths, search keys or values, update one setting atomically, validate the supported subset, or dump the normalized source.

Tables become dotted paths

A [database] table containing host is addressed as database.host. The parser intentionally targets common hosting configuration; advanced TOML constructs are better edited as text rather than silently reinterpreted.

Syntax

lil-terminal
toml <file> [key|options] · toml dump <file>

Reference

toml <file>

show TOML data

toml <file> <key>

show one exact path or value

toml 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; toml <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.

Format scope

This module intentionally implements the common configuration subset used on shared hosting. Advanced format features should be edited textually with edit or code rather than silently reinterpreted.

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 toml
Minimum package

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

install toml -m
Exact public version

Install exactly this published version.

install toml -v 1.1.5
Check or update

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

upgrade toml
Remove module

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

install toml -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 | toml app.toml
application.name      lil-shop
application.debug     true
database.host         localhost
database.port         3306
database.options.0    utf8mb4
database.options.1    strict
Show TOML data
app.toml
application.name      lil-shop
application.debug     true
database.host         localhost
database.port         3306
database.options.0    utf8mb4
database.options.1    strict
Show one exact path or value
toml $ database.host
localhost
Toml · find-key
toml $ -f "database*" -k
database.host       localhost
database.port       3306
database.options.0  utf8mb4
database.options.1  strict
Toml · find-value
toml $ -f "strict" -v
database.options.1  strict
Toml · write
toml $ -w database.port : 3307
database.port  3307
Toml · delete
toml $ -d database.port
database.host  localhost
Toml · validate
toml $ -c
Valid TOML
Show normalized source text
toml dump $
[application]
name = "lil-shop"
debug = true

[database]
host = "localhost"
port = 3306
Handle a missing file
toml \sandbox\config\missing.toml
File not found

File used in this example: sandbox/config/app.toml

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

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

[database]
host = "localhost"
port = 3306
options = ["utf8mb4", "strict"]

Related documentation

How do I install a module? →Why does a command say “command not found”? →

Current public release

v1.1.52026-08-14

Standardized structured-data help

Simplifies TOML help and groups search, write, delete and validation operations as flags.

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