Happy Sunday Everybody,
Is there a way to assign to a hash via split?
Here's what I've got so far: 

sub read_passwd { 
 open IN, '/etc/passwd' or die "can't open IN $!\n";
 my %users;
 my @fields = qw(name pword uid gid fullname home shell);

 while (<IN>) {
  chomp;
  my %rec;
  
  my @data = split(/:/);

  $rec{$fields[0]} = $data[0];
  $rec{$fields[1]} = $data[1];
  $rec{$fields[2]} = $data[2];
  $rec{$fields[3]} = $data[3];
  $rec{$fields[4]} = $data[4];
  $rec{$fields[5]} = $data[5];
  $rec{$fields[6]} = $data[6];
  
  $users{$rec{name}} = \%rec;
 }
 return (\%users);
}

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Does anybody know of a better way to do this?
Specifically, is there a way to assign to %rec during the split?
Then, if I add another field all I have to do is add it to @fields.

I really want less typing (Laziness, Impatience) so I can have more time to work on my Hubris. ;-)

Get Strong Together!!

In reply to assigning to a hash via split by aardvark

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