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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting .Config file in perl Post 302602300 by itkamaraj on Monday 27th of February 2012 03:45:07 AM
Old 02-27-2012
Code:
 
#!/bin/perl
open FILE, "config.txt" or die $!;
while (<FILE>) {
    chomp;                  # no newline
    s/#.*//;                # no comments
    s/^\s+//;               # no leading white
    s/\s+$//;               # no trailing white
    next unless length;     # anything left?
    my ($var, $value) = split(/\s*=\s*/, $_, 2);
    $User_Preferences{$var} = $value;
}
close FILE;
print $User_Preferences{"line1"} . "\n";
print $User_Preferences{"line2"} . "\n";
print $User_Preferences{"line3"} . "\n";
print $User_Preferences{"line4"} . "\n";
print $User_Preferences{"file"} . "\n";
print $User_Preferences{"debug"} . "\n";
print $User_Preferences{"host"} . "\n";

Recipe 8.16. Reading Configuration Files
 

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log::handler::plugin::config::general

Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::General(3pm)		User Contributed Perl Documentation		Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::General(3pm)

NAME

       Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::General - Config loader for Config::General.

SYNOPSIS

	   use Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::General;

	   my $config = Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::General->get_config( $config_file );

ROUTINES

   get_config()
       Expect the config file name and returns the config as a reference.

CONFIG STYLE

	   <file>
	       <mylog>
		   fileopen = 1
		   reopen = 1
		   permissions = 0640
		   maxlevel = info
		   mode = append
		   timeformat = %b %d %H:%M:%S
		   debug_mode = 2
		   filename = example.log
		   minlevel = warn
		   message_layout = %T %H[%P] [%L] %S: %m
		   newline = 1
	       </mylog>
	   </file>

PREREQUISITES

	   Config::General

EXPORTS

       No exports.

REPORT BUGS

       Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.

       If you send me a mail then add Log::Handler into the subject.

AUTHOR

       Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007-2009 by Jonny Schulz. All rights reserved.

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

perl v5.14.2							    2012-11-21				Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::General(3pm)
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