Dear Monks

I have to generate three versions of a directory structure and a number of ASCII files. For each version of the structure the ASCII files are slightly different. I first approached this by reusing some code I wrote in the past. I use heredocs as templates and Perl interpolation to populate them with the correct values. I also use some external ASCII files as templates and process them with some Perl code.

The script works as intended but now it has grown to 2500 lines and I begin to regret the approach. A better solution is obviously to use separate ASCII template files for everything and get rid of the heredocs altogether. I have looked on CPAN but I see about a zillion template modules.

I just need something simple. Replace some values in ASCII files. The template toolkit looks like overkill, maybe Text::Template or Text::Template::Simple? I’m a bit overwhelmed by the number of template modules.

Anybody out there having (good) experience with a simple CPAN template module?

Cheers
dHarry

In reply to Wanted, template module by dHarry

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