To comment/uncomment in config file


 
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Old 08-22-2013
Question To comment/uncomment in config file

hi!
I want to comment and uncomment 2 lines in my config files that goes like:
Code:
CONTACT_LIST="abc@xyz.com;"
#CONTACT_LIST="def@xyz.com;"

I want to sawp the commnets in above lines and desired output should be:
Code:
#CONTACT_LIST="abc@xyz.com;"
CONTACT_LIST="def@xyz.com;"

Please suggest.

Last edited by scriptNovice; 08-22-2013 at 10:34 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
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Old 08-22-2013
A more general solution...save as switch_comments.pl and call switch_comments file.cfg CONTACT_LIST

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
open (my $config, '<', "$ARGV[0]);
open (my $temp , ">", "$ARGV[0].tmp");
while (<$config>){
  $_=$1 if /^\s*#($ARGV[1].+$)/;
  $_ = "#$_" if /^$ARGV[1]/;
  print $temp $_;
}
close $temp;
close $config;
rename("$ARGV[0].tmp", $ARGV[0]);

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