Monks,

I have a script to parse sections of a configuration file using a single foreach loop. This loop performs many matches in two 2 tiers. I want parent tier matches to send the following lines to functions until "!" is matched. 
------- Sample Text ------- 
!
interface Ethernet
 blah...
 blah...
!
interface Gigabit
 blah...
 blah...
!
interface Ethernet
 blah...
!
------- Sample Text -------

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I envisioned this to work something like this, but feel this is not the best way to achieve this. For one, in my match statements for "Ethernet" and "Gigabit", I don't know how to advance $line forward to see if we have reached a "!". Could anyone please recommend an approach for something like this. Thanks in advance! 
foreach $line (@cfg) {
   if ($line =~ m/^interface (\.*)/) { 
      if ($1 eq "Ethernet") {
         &parse_ethernet($1);
         Keep parsing until $line matches "!"
      }
      if ($1 eq "Gigabit") {
         &parse_gigabit($1);
         Keep parsing until $line matches "!"
      }
   }
   if ($line =~ m/^system (\.*)/) { 
       blah...
   }
}

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In reply to Need advice on how to break foreach parsing loop into functions by ewhitt

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