Re^3: Reading "slices" out of a file at known start markers


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Re^3: Reading "slices" out of a file at known start markers

by hacker (Priest)

on Oct 03, 2008 at 05:54 UTC ( [id://715140]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Responding to my own question: I think I may have figured out an easier way:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw(dump ddx);;
use Config::General;

my $conf   = new Config::General("Makefile");
my %config = $conf->getall;

print dump(\%config);
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This puts each item as key/value pairs in the %config hash, which I can them print out and manipulate as $config{'SOURCES'} for example.

I guess the only thing I end up losing here, is the basic original formatting, but I can probably iterate through the hash and reconstruct that back somehow.

Anyone familiar with the innards of Config::General that can lend a hand so I can use it correctly?