Ok, I have data exactly like this:

package Stats;
sub new {
  my $pkg = shift;
  my $obj = {
    TOTAL_REPLIES      => '6373',     
    TOTAL_TOPICS       => '574',      
    TOTAL_MEMBERS      => '211',     
    LAST_REG_MEMBER_ID => '85-1039338924',
    LAST_REG_MEMBER_N  => 'Unlimited_Destroyer', 
    M_ONLINE_COUNT     => '25', 
    M_ONLINE_DATE      => '1037453854', 
  };  bless $obj, $pkg;
  return $obj;
}
1;


;
}
1;

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What I want is to open the file that has this data, take the stuff in between my $obj = { and the }; and remove all excess spaces, except from whatever is in single quotes, then put double-quotes around the array-keys. If anyone knows an efficient way to do this without using up a handful of CPU resources, please lemme know.
“A script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience.” ~ Larry Wall

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