pacini

Show the full parsed configuration file

$ pacini [path/to/file]

$ pacini [path/to/file] --section-list

$ pacini [path/to/file] --verbose

$ pacini [path/to/file] --section [section_name]

$ pacini --help

pacini [options] [file] [directive...]

pacini parses and queries INI-style configuration files in the format used by pacman. It can display the full parsed configuration, list sections, or extract specific directive values from named sections.
The tool handles pacman's configuration format including Include directives, making it useful for scripts that need to extract values from pacman.conf or similar configuration files. Reads from stdin if no file is specified.

--section-list

List all sections in the configuration file

Query directives only from the specified section

Always show directive names in output

Use null delimiter for output

Display help information

Display version information

Specific to pacman-style INI format; may not correctly parse all INI variations. Include directives are not followed by default. Section names are case-sensitive.

Part of pacutils, a collection of utilities for pacman by Andrew Gregory. Provides a dedicated tool for parsing pacman configuration files, complementing pacconf which specifically handles pacman.conf.

pacconf(8), pacman.conf(5)