in reply to Re: Approach to remove brackets from config
in thread Approach to remove brackets from config

If the syntax of the config file is fully represented in the example, a single regex substitution on each line could be enough. Something like:

s/^\s*([\w-])\s*/"$1" => /

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Re^3: Approach to remove brackets from config
by samtregar (Abbot) on Aug 21, 2008 at 16:07 UTC
    That doesn't work. It's not too far off, but I think a real parser will be easier to write and more reliable.

    -sam

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