Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

Reading configuration files

In this section, we are going learn about the configparser module of Python. By using the configparser module, you can manage user-editable configuration files for the application.

The common use of these configuration files is that users or system administrators can edit the files using a simple text editor to set application defaults and then the application will read and, parse them and act based on the contents written in them.

To read a configuration file, configparser has the read() method. Now, we will write a simple script named read_config_file.py. Before that, create a .ini file named read_simple.ini and write the following content in it: read_simple.ini

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