SetPi

A command-line manager for Raspberry Pi's config.txt

Features

• Set config keys
• Display values for specified keys
• Display full config
• Create, edit, save and set config profiles
• Bash-completion for commonly used keys

Installation

Ensure that gcc and git are installed on your system

$ gcc --version
$ git --version

Clone, compile and install SetPi

$ git clone https://github.com/carlyle-felix/setpi.git setpi
$ cd setpi
$ make
# make install

Usage

setpi Options
config	Interact with values in current running config
profile	Interact with profiles of complete configs, if used without actions setpi profile returns the current profile a profile was set.

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config actions	setpi config <action>
--set | -S	Set a value of any key in config, prompt to create key if it's not already in the config.
--get | -g	Return a list of values for requested keys.

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profile actions	setpi profile <action>
--new | -n	Create a new profile using the currently applied config a base for the new profile's config
--set | -S	Set a config from a previously created config
--list | -l	Returns a list of saved profiles
--save | -s	Save the currently running config as a profile
--del | -d	Delete a profile

Profiles are stored in /etc/setpi/profiles

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Examples

• Setting the boot kernel in config.txt

# setpi config --set kernel kernel8.img

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• Getting value of the dtoverlay from config.txt

# setpi config --get dtoverlay

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d

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• Creating a new profile named overclock

# setpi profile --new overclock arm_freq 2500 gpu_freq 850

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• Setting the newly created profile named overclock

# setpi profile --set overclock

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Notes

• A reboot is required for changes to be applied.
• The bash-completion list does not list all available keys, see https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/config_txt.html for more.