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Writing a Bash builtin in C to parse INI configs

• tracnar 2y ago
  Interesting! A use case I could see for using builtins would be to gradually rewrite a bash script in some other language, as otherwise you have to do it through subprocess which can be slow and inconvenient.
• lttlrck 2y ago
  Huh. This made me curious about JSON which led to https://github.com/Wiguwbe/bash-json https://github.com/Wiguwbe/bash-json I have had to graft JSON into legacy bash files enough times that this is worth another look.
• lsferreira42 2y ago
  Self plug: https://github.com/lsferreira42/bash-ini-parser https://github.com/lsferreira42/bash-ini-parser