use Config::IniFiles; my $INI_FILE_PATH = "//machine_ip/folder in which file is present/test.ini"; if (!(-e "$INI_FILE_PATH" )) { print STDERR "Error:File not present"; } my $cfgObject = new Config::IniFiles( -file => $INI_FILE_PATH ); my $configSpecPath = $cfgObject->val('SECTION", "PARAMETER");