Command line INI / config file editor
 

Hello,

What I am trying to do is create an easy way to install a mail server in Debian.

So I want ask the user for some value and then enter that value in PHP.INI or postfix master.cf etc.

Is there any way I can change the config files from command line?

"sed" is a stream editor. It can be used to edit files programatically, from command lines or from a script. It's not the friendliest thing in the world though :p

Thanks,

I already use sed for simple things like replacing xxxx = On to xxxx = Off

the main problem is with postfix master.cf where I need to add/modify lines in a specific place

For example:

in the smtp service line I need to add

below that I need to add:
Any ideas?

You an use pattern matching to select a line and the `a' command to add a line below the one that was matched:
sed '/user=spamd/a\
/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}' master.cf >master.cf.new

Another technique could be to collect all of the variable parts of master.cf, from the old one & the user, and then construct a new one in it's entirety using a HERE document with variables.

Thanks will try that