[pberghol@webdev0]:[~]
-$  echo "
> a=foo
> b=junk
> c=rats
> d=golf
> " | perl doParse.pl
(offline mode: enter name=value pairs on standard input)
$VAR1 = {
          'a' => 'foo',
          'b' => 'junk',
          'c' => 'rats',
          'd' => 'golf'
        };


[pberghol@webdev0]:[~]