Sounds simple, but I can't seem to get this to work, I'm trying to move some configuration data outside the program to a seperate file so it can be read in. This is the data as it currently exists in the program: 
my $record = REC->new(
     NAME => 'John Smith',
     AGE => '15',
     RANK => 'Tier 1',
     URL => 'http://somesite.com',
);

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This is the config file I want to move it to: 
NAME=John Smith
AGE=15
RANK=Tier 1
URL=http://somesite.com
)

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And the snippet of code I've current mangled together: 
my record =map{
s/#.*//;
s/^\s+//;
s/\s+$//;
m/(.*?)\s*=\s*(.*)/;
} read_file($file);

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However using Data::Dumper I find that the structures are different, with the REC variable missing from my attempt. Can some kind monk enlighten me as to what I'm doing wrong in the code?

In reply to read a hash from a file by Anonymous Monk

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