Solution: Read ini file
Read in an ini-file and create a two dimensional hash.
examples/references/read_ini_file.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $filename = shift or die "Usage: $0 FILENAME ( examples/references/data.ini )\n"; my %ini; my $section = ''; open my $fh, '<', $filename or die; while (my $line = <$fh>) { chomp $line; next if $line =~ /^\s*(#.*)?$/; if ($line =~ /^\[(.*)\]/) { $section = $1; next; } if ($line =~ /^(\w+)\s*=\s*(.*)$/) { $ini{$section}{$1} = $2; next; } } print Dumper \%ini;