I want to make it easier to modify configuration files. For example, let's day I want to edit a postfix config file according to the directions here.
So I started writing simple code in a file that could be interpreted by perl to make the changes for me with one command per line:
uc mail_owner # "uc" is the command for "uncomment"
uc hostname
cv hostname {{fqdn}} # "cv" is the command for "change value", {{fqdn}
+} is replaced with appropriate value
...
You get the idea. I started writing some code to interpret my config file modification commands and then realized someone had to have tackled this problem before. I did a search on metacpan but came up empty. Anyone familiar with this problem space and can help point me in the right direction?
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