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Chapter 3. Configuration file editor

The openstack-config client is the command-line interface (CLI) for the and its extensions. This chapter documents openstack-config version 0.5.
For help on a specific openstack-config command, enter: 
$ openstack-config help COMMAND
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3.1. openstack-config usage
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 Usage: crudini --set [OPTION]... config_file section [param] [value] crudini --get [OPTION]... config_file [section] [param] crudini --del [OPTION]... config_file section [param] [list value] crudini --merge [OPTION]... config_file [section]
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3.2. openstack-config optional arguments
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--existing[=WHAT]
For --set, --del and --merge, fail if item is missing, where WHAT is 'file', 'section', or 'param', or if not specified; all specifed items.
--format=FMT
For --get, select the output FMT. Formats are sh,ini,lines
--inplace
Lock and write files in place. This is not atomic but has less restrictions than the default replacement method.
--list
For --set and --del, update a list (set) of values
--list-sep=STR
Delimit list values with "STR" instead of " ,"
--output=FILE
Write output to FILE instead. '-' means stdout
--verbose
Indicate on stderr if changes were made
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