Well I can't say this will work at all, this is just a pointer on how you can do it. This is mostly because I'm at work and I don't have any ArchLinux install close at hand. I don't have any unix/linux machine close for that matter.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Set the pattern you want to search for. Usage: ./script.sh alsa
pattern=$1
# Create the list of the current Daemons variable
current_list=$(cat /etc/rc.conf | grep DAEMONS | cut -d'\(' -f2 | cut -d'\) -f1)
# Loop throu the list
for i in $current_list; do
# remove the first character if it's an @ or a !. This is because pattern matching doesn't work with them there.
current=$(echo $i | sed -e "s/^[@!]//")
# You could use if-else-statement here, but I like case and it likes regexps.
case $i in
case "$pattern")
case $i in
case ^\@)
extra="\@$current"
;;
case ^\!)
extra="\!$current"
;;
case *)
extra=$current
;;
esac
;;
case *)
daemon_list="$daemon_list $i"
;;
esac
done
echo "DAEMONS=\($daemon_list $extra\)"
As I said above, highly untested
this will just output the DAEMON=() line so no worries about the rc.conf.
Recommended for a later date is just to sed the line like this
Code:
new_daemon="DAEMONS=\($daemon_list $extra\)"
cp /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.org
sed -i "s/$(cat /etc/rc.conf | grep DAEMONS)/$new_daemon/" /etc/rc.conf
Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson
