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naglint

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
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CONFIG
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AUTHOR

NAME

naglint - beautify nagios config files

SYNOPSIS

Usage: naglint [options] <file> [<files...>]
Options:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Print verbose output
-V, --version Print version
-c, --config config file. Default is ˜/.naglintrc
-i replace content inline instead of printing to stdout
-r read directories recursivly
--core core type can be nagios, icinga or shinken. Will be
autodetected unless specified.

DESCRIPTION

This script beautifies nagios config files.

- clean whitespace
- clean indention
- remove deprecated attributes
- validate duplicate or invalid attributes
- break long command lines into shorter pieces
- sort attributes naturally

OPTIONS

naglint has the following arguments:
-h , --help

print help and exit

-v , --verbose

print verbose output too

-c , --config

use different config file. Default locations are ˜/.naglintrc and /etc/thruk/naglint.conf

-V , --version

print version and exit

--core

use specific config type. can be 'nagios', 'icinga' or 'shinken'.
enables core type specific attributes. Will be autodetected unless
specified.

-i

edit given files inline and overwrite them with their beautified objects

-r

read directories recursivly

RETURN VALUE

returns 0 on success or number of errors otherwise

CONFIG

see FILES section for where to store config options.
indent_object_key

Number of spaces before object attribute names. Default 2

indent_object_value

Number of spaces before objects attribute values. Default 30

indent_object_comments

Number of spaces before inline comments. Default 68

list_join_string

Should list attributes be joined with space or not. Default ','

break_long_arguments

Should long arguments be broken into multiple lines. Default 1

object_attribute_key_order

list of attributes which should be on top of the object

object_cust_var_order

list of custom variables which will be put on top of other custom variables

EXAMPLES

Beautify single config file

%> naglint objects.cfg > beauty.cfg

Beautify and replace single config file inline

%> naglint -i objects.cfg

Process objects from STDIN

%> cat objects.cfg | naglint > beauty.cfg

FILES

˜/.naglintrc

user config file

/etc/thruk/naglint.conf

global config file

AUTHOR

2012, Sven Nierlein, <sven@nierlein.de>