$ cat config.pl
# This is config.pl
mirror     => 'http://www.nl.example.com/mirror',
path       => '/var/www/example',
skip_files => [ 'png', 'gif', 'jpg' ],
$ cat script.pl
# This is script.pl
use strict;
my %config = do 'config.pl';
chdir $config{path};
$ perl script.pl
$ perl -w script.pl
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at script.pl line 3.
Use of uninitialized value in list assignment at script.pl line 3.
Use of uninitialized value $config{"path"} in chdir at script.pl line 4.
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