#!/usr/bin/perl use v5.14; my %cfg = ( tmpl_path => $ENV{HOME}.'/.skel-closet/', opening_tag => '#{', closing_tag => '}', ); sub filled_line { my $line = shift; my $pattern = qr/$cfg{opening_tag}(.+?)$cfg{closing_tag}/; $line =~ s/$pattern/$ENV{$1}/g; return $line; } my $filename = $cfg{tmpl_path}.shift; open (my $fh, '<', $filename) or die ("Could not open file: $filename"); print filled_line($_) while (<$fh>); close ($fh);