Rudi Effe wrote: > I plan to interpret / convert an ini-file like this: > > [SECTION 1] > property 1 = value 1 > property 2 = value 2 > property 3 = value 3 > > [SECTION 2] > property 1 = value 4 > ... > > [...] > Any hints welcome You said any hints. Not suggesting this is the best way. But for single items it is not bad. Using /bin/sh you can extract individual properties this way. PROPERTY1=$(sed -n '/^\[SECTION 1\]/,/^$/{/property 1 = */s///p;}' cnffile) Bob
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