pen CONFIGFILE2, "data.txt" or die $!; { local $/; $/ = undef; $DATA=; } print $DATA; # Create a config my $Config = Config::Tiny->new(); # Open the config, replace with read and $DATA with filename $Config = Config::Tiny->read_string( $DATA ); #$Config = Config::Tiny->read( $filename ); # see perldoc Config::Tiny my $s = $Config->{_};