sub populateHash{

	my $inputFile = 'input.txt';
	
	my $fileContent = do {
		open(my $fileHandle, $inputFile ) or die "Could not open file '$inputFile ' $!";
	
		local $/;
		<$fileHandle>;
	};

	my $hashData = truncateText($fileContent, "key1 => {", "key2 =>");
	my $dataToReplace = truncateText($hashData, "END_SEARCH_PATHS", "END_SEARCH_PATHS");

	#Removes Comments works best if called multiple times
        $dataToReplace =~ s/\#.*//;
	$dataToReplace =~ s/\#.*//;
	$dataToReplace =~ s/\#.*//;
	$dataToReplace =~ s/\#.*//;

        #replacementData was gathered in another function and stored in a global variable
	$fileContent =~ s/$dataToReplace/$replacementData/g;


	print Dumper($fileContent);

}

sub truncateText{
	#Truncates text by removing everything before and and after the passed in variables
	
	my($text, $beginString, $endString) = @_;

	my $truncatedText;

	if($text =~ /\Q$beginString\E(.*?)\Q$endString\E/s){
		$truncatedText = $1;
		#print $truncatedText;	
	}

	return $truncatedText;

}