Perl script accessing a properties file

monk monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi.. This is my 1st post here..
Can any one post me with a sample perl script that reads the properties file in a specified path. The properties file "abc.properties" can have values like

name=ant
password=gilly
level=5
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Thanks !!

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Re: Perl script accessing a properties file by andreas1234567 (Vicar) on May 21, 2007 at 10:46 UTC
Configuration files has been discussed previously, for instance here, and here. Super Search is a good way to find answers on perlmonks. Andreas	[reply]
Re: Perl script accessing a properties file by jettero (Monsignor) on May 21, 2007 at 10:48 UTC
See How do I post a question effectively? Generally, you'll find that people here will go out of their way to avoid writing your program for you — they might even offer to present their "rate card." Normally you would present code that you wrote that doesn't work and ask about it. Or ask how to approach a problem. Things like that. However... `my %o; open my $in, "abc.properties" or die $!; while(<$in>) { $o{$1}=$2 while m/(\S+)=(\S+)/g; } close $in;` [download] -Paul	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Perl script accessing a properties file by Anonymous Monk on Jul 01, 2009 at 06:43 UTC
thanks paul it was a gr8 help indeed	[reply]
Re: Perl script accessing a properties file by salva (Canon) on May 21, 2007 at 11:40 UTC
maybe using Config::Properties?	[reply]
Re: Perl script accessing a properties file by leocharre (Priest) on May 21, 2007 at 12:09 UTC
If you want to read things inside a file, as if the text inside it is config data- you want to use something like YAML to code with. If what you want is to be able to associate metadata (like the filename) onto a file, any kind of file- you can use File::Attributes::Extended or File::PathInfo::Ext	[reply]
Re: Perl script accessing a properties file by rajeshatbuzz (Novice) on Jul 21, 2011 at 13:11 UTC
I just added following code to print value of each value...but it was blank.. Any reason why?? `my %o; open my $in, "file.properties" or die $!; while(<$in>) { $o{$1}=$2 while m/(\S+)=(\S+)/g; print "$1 and $2"; } close $in;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Perl script accessing a properties file by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 21, 2011 at 13:16 UTC
So, what does `file.properties` look like? If the file exists but it empty, your script will not produce any output but will not fail either. If the file contains at least one line, your program will output at least one line containing the word "`and`". Note that the following line implies that you expect more than one `key=value` pair per line: `$o{$1}=$2 while m/(\S+)=(\S+)/g;` [download] Is that really what your configuration file looks like?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl script accessing a properties file by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 21, 2011 at 13:19 UTC
Maybe your input file (file.properties) is not what you think it is. Show use a few lines of it. This works for me: `use warnings; use strict; my %o; while (<DATA>) { $o{$1}=$2 while m/(\S+)=(\S+)/g; print "$1 and $2\n"; } __DATA__ name=ant password=gilly level=5` [download] Prints: `name and ant password and gilly level and 5` [download] See also: use strict and warnings Basic debugging checklist	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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