Chad Kellerman wrote: > > Hello, Hello,
> I am opening up a file (actually a my.conf). I only want 2 lines in > the file. port and datadir > > The problem I am running into is that there is a port = 3324 in both > the [client] section and the [mysqld] section. > > I want to open the file and go straight to the [mysqld] section and > grab the values for port and datadir. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? You could use a module like http://search.cpan.org/author/WADG/Config-IniFiles-2.38/IniFiles.pm or http://search.cpan.org/author/SHERZODR/Config-Simple-4.55/Simple.pm Or something like this may work: $/ = '['; my ( $port, $datadir ); while ( <FILE> ) { if ( /mysqld]/ ) { $port = $1 if /^port\s*=\s*(\d+)/m; $datadir = $1 if /^datadir\s*=\s*(.+)/m; } } John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
