21. cdist-type__block(7)¶

Manage blocks of text in files

Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

21.1. DESCRIPTION¶

Manage a block of text in an existing file. The block is identified using the prefix and suffix parameters. Everything between prefix and suffix is considered to be a managed block of text.

21.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

text: the text to manage. If text is ‘-‘ (dash), take what was written to stdin as the text.

21.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

file: the file in which to manage the text block. Defaults to object_id.
prefix: the prefix to add before the text. Defaults to #cdist:__block/$__object_id
suffix: the suffix to add after the text. Defaults to #/cdist:__block/$__object_id
state: ‘present’ or ‘absent’, defaults to ‘present’

21.4. MESSAGES¶

add: block was added
update: block was updated/changed
remove: block was removed

21.5. EXAMPLES¶

# text from argument
__block /path/to/file \
   --prefix '#start' \
   --suffix '#end' \
   --text 'some\nblock of\ntext'

# text from stdin
__block some-id \
   --file /path/to/file \
   --text - << DONE
here some block
of text
DONE

21.6. SEE ALSO¶

cdist-type(7)