This is a small utility that converts ini-files to json

scripts/ini2json.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import configparser
+import sys
+import json
+
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+str_conf = ""
+for line in sys.stdin.read().splitlines(keepends=True):
+    if not (line.startswith("-") or line.startswith("#")):
+        str_conf += line
+
+config.read_string(str_conf)
+dictionary = {}
+for section in config.sections():
+    dictionary[section] = {}
+    for option in config.options(section):
+        dictionary[section][option] = config.get(section, option)
+print(json.dumps(dictionary))