I don't know what envsubst does and why you need it. Please explain.

Anyway you can set environment variables inside the %ENV hash, and all subprocesses will inherit them.

If your real problem is to parse your config file, please show us its format.

I once published a hack to read the ENV of a subprocess, it's listed in my home node, but I'm not sure if that's what you need.

Update

Sigh, envsubst seems to be a template system based on variable interpolation.

This should do the trick already 

my $KBDCFG = qq~
   input  (device-file "$KBD_DEV")
~

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Cheers Rolf
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In reply to Re: how perl do 'envsubst' by LanX
in thread how perl do 'envsubst' by vincentaxhe

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