gsettings-array 1.0.1

Manipulate GSettings arrays.

GSettings Array Manipulator

Welcome to the GSettings Array Manipulator, a powerful command-line tool designed to simplify and streamline your interactions with GSettings arrays. With this tool, you can perform a variety of tasks, from inserting items into an array to sorting and deduplicating items, all with a few simple commands.

Features

• Insert: Add one or more items to your array at a specified index.
• List: Display all items in your array, each on a new line.
• Sort: Sort all items in your array.
• Deduplicate: Remove duplicate items from your array.
• Pop: Print and remove the item at a specified index.
• Remove: Delete one or more items from your array.
• Clear: Remove all items from your array.

Installation

You can download and make the script executable using the following commands:

wget https://gist.github.com/rindeal/c5786254410028f760ee2351d884a744/raw/gsettings-array.py
chmod +x gsettings-array.py

Usage

The general usage of the GSettings Array Manipulator is as follows:

./gsettings-array.py COMMAND

Replace COMMAND with one of the available commands listed in the Features section.

For detailed usage instructions for each command, use the -h or --help option after the command, like so:

./gsettings-array.py COMMAND -h

Examples

Here are some examples of how to use the various commands:

1. Insert Command:

   gsettings-array insert --dedup "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources" 0 "('xkb', 'us+cz_sk_de')"
   

   This command inserts the tuple ('xkb', 'us+cz_sk_de') at index 0 in the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema. The --dedup option ensures that no duplicates will be present in the array.

2. List Command:

   gsettings-array ls "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources"
   

   This command lists all items in the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema.

3. Sort Command:

   gsettings-array sort "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources"
   

   This command sorts all items in the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema.

4. Deduplicate Command:

   gsettings-array dedup "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources"
   

   This command removes duplicate items from the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema.

5. Pop Command:

   gsettings-array pop "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources" 0
   

   This command prints and removes the item at index 0 from the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema.

6. Remove Command:

   gsettings-array rm "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources" "('xkb', 'us+cz_sk_de')"
   

   This command removes the tuple ('xkb', 'us+cz_sk_de') from the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema.

7. Clear Command:

   gsettings-array clear "org.gnome.desktop.input-sources" "sources"
   

   This command removes all items from the sources array of the org.gnome.desktop.input-sources schema.