Thanks for the suggestion, BBP.   I was going to do that very thing a while back, and researched as many config file parsers as I could find.  

A new twist has cropped up though.   It would simplify things a lot if I could include variable names for new passwords and community strings in the external config file.   Not the passwords themselves, mind you (the script prompts for and retains them in RAM).   I believe the term is "variable interpolation".

Do you know if AppConfig would allow that?   Or should I look at something like doing Perl code as a config file?   Ideally, it would go something like this, like templating I suppose: 

[SetPass]
conf t
enable pass $newen
line con 0
pass $newpass
login
line aux0
pass $newpass
login
line vty 0 4
pass $newpass
login

[download]
    cheers,
    Don
    striving for Perl Adept
    (it's pronounced "why-bick")

Update: Hmmm... that sounds *very* interesting BoredByPolitics.   /me wanders off to take a look...

In reply to Re: (2) Parsing external config file (variable interpolation in config file?) by ybiC
in thread Parsing external config file by ybiC

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.