in reply to editing options in a file

How about something like this? 

my %config = (
   CONFIG_PCI => 'y',
   CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT => 'y',
);
while (<>) {
   if ((my ($n,v) = split/=/) == 2) {
      if (my $new_value = $config{$n}) {
         print "$n=$new_value\n";
         next;
      }
   }
   print;
}

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Re^2: editing options in a file
by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Jun 21, 2006 at 15:41 UTC
    Note that, with the config extract provided by OP, 
    # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set

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    doesn't match your split, which would prevent the value from being set if needed.
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