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Trying to show lines in INI files until the comment character (#)

I have a working directory on a server with over 100 INI files. For the most part, they are configured the same way. Each line will contain 1 or none variables listed from the first character in the line such as VariableName=0.

Unfortunately there are comments everywhere using the poundsign.

I have created a looping grep - I grep all files for one particular variable - so that all of the same settings in the files are stacked one upon the other for easy review. Then the loop move to the next variable name in my list.

My problem is this. I use the following line to omit where the comment text might state directions to set the variable = this or that for these reasons:

Code:

grep $varEQ *.ini | grep -v '#' >> /tmp/ini_FTP_settings_$INTFC.lst;

This blocked lines where the vaiable was set and then a comment was appended in the line of text after the variable was set, such as

Code:

VariableZ=0     # Remember to never set this variable to 1.

This is probably a newbie type question, but how do I bring back the VariableZ=0 portion and nothing after the # sign? If the pound sign is the first character in a line, I don't want to report any of that line either.

Any help would be appreciated.

- Dann "hindesite" Hindes

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config::any::ini

Config::Any::INI(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Config::Any::INI(3)

NAME

       Config::Any::INI - Load INI config files

DESCRIPTION

       Loads INI files. Example:

	   name=TestApp

	   [Controller::Foo]
	   foo=bar

	   [Model::Baz]
	   qux=xyzzy

METHODS

   extensions( )
       return an array of valid extensions ("ini").

   load( $file )
       Attempts to load $file as an INI file.

   requires_all_of( )
       Specifies that this module requires Config::Tiny in order to work.

PACKAGE VARIABLES

       $MAP_SECTION_SPACE_TO_NESTED_KEY (boolean)
	   This variable controls whether spaces in INI section headings will be expanded into nested hash keys.  e.g. it controls whether [Full
	   Power] maps to $config->{'Full Power'} or $config->{'Full'}->{'Power'}

	   By default it is set to 1 (i.e. true).

	   Set it to 0 to preserve literal spaces in section headings:

	       use Config::Any;
	       use Config::Any::INI;
	       $Config::Any::INI::MAP_SECTION_SPACE_TO_NESTED_KEY = 0;

AUTHORS

       Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

       Joel Bernstein <rataxis@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2006-2011 by Brian Cassidy, portions copyright 2006, 2007 by Joel Bernstein

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       o   Catalyst

       o   Config::Any

       o   Config::Tiny

perl v5.16.2							    2011-05-24						       Config::Any::INI(3)