open FILE, "anyfile.ini"||die "file open failed\n"; my %inihash=(); while (my $line = ) { $line =~ tr/"//d; (my $key, my $value)=split(/=/,$line); $inihash{$key}=$value; }; print "$inihash{'$xmldir'}"; print "$inihash{'$cvs'}"; print "$inihash{'%name'}";