Hi all
I am trying to match a similar set of lines from a config file and store the results in a hash.

interface Port-channel31
 description abc.xyz-conf
 no ip address
 load-interval 60
 switchport
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan 15-17,30,35

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I did get help from perlmonks earlier but now I need to use this code in a tool called alterpoint which has some crazy ways of using perl.

The code i was using : 
local $/ = "interface ";

while(<IN>) 
{
    my ($key) = /description\s+ ([^\"][^\s]+)/x;
    next if $key =~ /^\s*$/;
    my ($value) = /switchport trunk allowed vlan\s*(.*)/;
    $hash2{$key} = $val ;
    
}

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where <IN> is the opened file. I need to get away with the IRS $/ as I dont think it works in alterpoint and also, I might have to do the pattern matching in the following manner :
my @lines = split(/^/, $config);
# Iterate over the lines.
foreach my $line (@lines)
 {
      if ($line =~ /description\s+ ([^\"][^\s]+)/x)
     { 
         my ($key) = "$_";
         next if ($line =~ /^\s*$/)
     }
       if ($line =~ /switchport trunk allowed vlan\s*(.*)/)
    {
          my ($value) = "$_";
    }
     $hash1{$key} = $value ;    

}

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or something...desperately need help!!
thanks

In reply to Another way to match multi-lines from config. by nidhi

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