I have a situation where I need to process some config files. The files are normally used in a ksh program for sourcing vars to the current env. In my program there is no need for them to be brought into the %ENV, I just need the key/value pairs. This part is easy.

What I would like to do is have a hash, say %basehash, that contains the same keys as in the config file. BTW, the keys will always be the same in the config files. In %basehash I would like to have the values set to a regex that describes what the value should look like in the actual config file. I would then like to load the config file into a hash, say $confighash, splitting on the '=' and making the LHS the key and the RHS the value.

Now, I would like to say something like 'if (%confighash == %basehash)'. I know it's not that simplistic, but it gets my idea across. What I don't what to do if I can avoid it is loop over one comparing it to the like key/value in the other.

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TIA, Chad.

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