NAME

iniq - INI query command for Developer Dashboard

SYNOPSIS

dashboard iniq [path] [file]

DESCRIPTION

This command provides INI path extraction for Developer Dashboard.

PURPOSE

This staged helper owns the public dashboard iniq command. It accepts an optional dotted INI path plus an optional input file, then hands the request to the shared query runtime so parsing, file-vs-STDIN handling, and output formatting stay consistent with the rest of the dashboard toolchain.

WHY IT EXISTS

It exists because the dashboard ships a private, repo-local INI inspection tool instead of depending on a globally installed parser binary. Keeping iniq as a staged helper also preserves the thin-switchboard contract in bin/dashboard.

WHEN TO USE

Use this file when you are changing how dashboard iniq chooses between STDIN and files, how it reports parse errors, or how the staged helper is wired into the shared query implementation.

HOW TO USE

Users run dashboard iniq [path] [file]. The staged helper selects the INI backend in the shared query runtime, which accepts the file and path in either order, reads STDIN when no file is given, treats section keys as dotted paths such as alpha.beta, and prints the whole parsed document when the path is $d or ..

WHAT USES IT

It is used by the public dashboard iniq command, by shell snippets that want a runtime-local INI query tool, by integration smoke runs, and by the focused query-helper coverage under t/.

EXAMPLES

printf '[alpha]\nbeta=6\n' | dashboard iniq alpha.beta
dashboard iniq config.ini '$d'
dashboard iniq '$d' config.ini
printf '[service]\nname=demo\n' | dashboard iniq service.name