sanitiseConfiguration.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

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# Configuration File Sanitiser
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sed -ri -e '/[[:blank:]]*#.*$/d ;/^[[:blank:]]*$/d ;s/[[:blank:]]*$// ;s/^[[:blank:]]*// ;s/[[:blank:]]*=[[:blank:]]*/=/' <file> && sort -fuo <file>

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# START NOTES
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## in config files that have the form of key = value and uses # for comments,
## this little sed removes trailing and preceding whitespaces,
## deletes empty lines and removes comment lines.After, it sorts the file :

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# END NOTES
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