use patterns _USAGE := " Usage: ini "[section[/key]]" " _HELP := " ini: A .ini config file reader tool. $_USAGE " func parse_ini(path:Path -> {Text={Text=Text}}) text := path.read() or exit("Could not read INI file: \[31;1]$(path)\[]") sections : @{Text=@{Text=Text}} current_section : @{Text=Text} # Line wraps: text = text.replace_pattern($Pat/\\{1 nl}{0+space}/, " ") for line in text.lines() line = line.trim() skip if line.starts_with(";") or line.starts_with("#") if line.matches_pattern($Pat/[?]/) section_name := line.replace($Pat/[?]/, "@1").trim().lower() current_section = @{} sections[section_name] = current_section else if line.matches_pattern($Pat/{..}={..}/) key := line.replace_pattern($Pat/{..}={..}/, "@1").trim().lower() value := line.replace_pattern($Pat/{..}={..}/, "@2").trim() current_section[key] = value return {k=v[] for k,v in sections[]} func main(path:Path, key:Text?) keys := (key or "").split($|/|) if keys.length > 2 exit(" Too many arguments! $_USAGE ") data := parse_ini(path) if keys.length < 1 or keys[1] == '*' say("$data") return section := keys[1].lower() section_data := data[section] or exit(" Invalid section name: \[31;1]$section\[] Valid names: \[1]$(", ".join([k.quoted() for k in data.keys]))\[] ") if keys.length < 2 or keys[2] == '*' say("$section_data") return section_key := keys[2].lower() value := section_data[section_key] or exit(" Invalid key: \[31;1]$section_key\[] Valid keys: \[1]$(", ".join([s.quoted() for s in section_data.keys]))\[] ") say(value)