Hi all, I haven't scripted in over a decade since I no longer work in IT. I do however, still dabble in the odd project now and again. I'm looking to sort a bunch of files to help me avoid a configuration screen on an emulator and I reckon perl might be a winner. I've tried sed and awk scripts but they usually fail when trying to replace text (putting $i in the text replacement field). This is lazy as I don't really have a starting point with perl but I'm usually good at describing what I'm trying to achieve in simple terms. Would appreciate some help great ones! 
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Scenario

I have a configuration file.  Example of config.file:

cpu=
ram=
floppy0=
floppy1=
floppy2=
floppy3=
scsi=false

I've created a list of the games in another file - gamelist.txt.  Exam
+ple of file contents:

exile
cannon fodder
sensible soccer
robocod
stunt car racer

I want to take each line from the gamelist file and insert it after "f
+loppy0=" in the configuration file then save seperate files for each 
+game with corresponding filename to the game. 

Example

$game.config

cpu=
ram=
floppy0=$game
floppy1=
floppy2=
floppy3=
scsi=false

Take name from gamelist.txt, insert each game name from the list after
+ floppy0= in the configuration file then save a new, seperate config.
+file as $game.config

Expected output

exile.config

cpu=                          
ram=
floppy0=exile
floppy1=
floppy2=
floppy3=
scsi=false

[download]
Thanks in advance...

In reply to Haven't Scripted in a Decade, need help (gift is probably a better word)! by rickyboy

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