3.2. openstack-config Optional Arguments


--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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