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Dev tools · September 13, 2022

Tombl – Easily query .toml files from bash

Easily query TOML files from bash. Contribute to snyball/tombl development by creating an account on GitHub.

Tombl – Easily query .toml files from bash launched on September 13, 2022 with 45 votes, #896 of 3,464 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

In plain words

Tombl is a command-line tool that lets users query TOML configuration files directly from bash scripts and the terminal. It's designed for developers and system administrators who need to read and extract data from TOML files without parsing them manually. The tool simplifies working with TOML configuration in shell environments by providing straightforward commands to access file contents.

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