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NAME

       cdist-type__block - Manage blocks of text in files

DESCRIPTION

       Manage  a block of text in an existing file.  The block is identified using the prefix and
       suffix parameters.  Everything between prefix and suffix is considered  to  be  a  managed
       block of text.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       text   the  text  to manage.  If text is '-' (dash), take what was written to stdin as the
              text.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       file   the file in which to manage the text block.  Defaults to object_id.

       prefix the prefix to add before the text.  Defaults to #cdist:__block/$__object_id

       suffix the suffix to add after the text.  Defaults to #/cdist:__block/$__object_id

       state  'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present'

MESSAGES

       add    block was added

       update block was updated/changed

       remove block was removed

EXAMPLES

          # text from argument
          __block /path/to/file \
             --prefix '#start' \
             --suffix '#end' \
             --text 'some\nblock of\ntext'

          # text from stdin
          __block some-id \
             --file /path/to/file \
             --text - << DONE
          here some block
          of text
          DONE

AUTHORS

       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2013 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify  it  under  the
       terms  of  the  GNU  General  Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
       either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021