13.7. cdist-type__block(7)¶
13.7.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__block - Manage blocks of text in files
13.7.2. 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.
13.7.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
- text
- the text to manage. If text is ‘-‘ (dash), take what was written to stdin as the text.
13.7.4. 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’
13.7.5. MESSAGES¶
- add
- block was added
- update
- block was updated/changed
- remove
- block was removed
13.7.6. 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
13.7.7. AUTHORS¶
Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
13.7.8. COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2013 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).