Dear Monks

I have a text file such as this;

[Microsoft MediaPlayer Settings 1.0]
Script_Path=apps\microsoft\mediaplayersettings\1.0\go\mediaplayersetti
+ngs10.go
Information=Go Success
Install_Start_Time=05/26/2004 5:55:36 PM
Install_End_Time=05/26/2004 5:55:40 PM
[Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer v1.5]
Script_Path=apps\microsoft\journalviewer\1.5\go\journalviewer.go
UTC_Timestamp=06/03/2003 17:04:10
GoScript_Checksum=66665
Install_Start_Time=05/26/2004 5:58:24 PM
Install_End_Time=05/26/2004 5:58:34 PM
[Company RAC 1.0]
Script_Path=apps\company\remoteaccessclient\1.0\go\uninstallvs.go
UTC_Timestamp=03/03/2003 18:19:05
GoScript_Checksum=175108
Product version=1.0
PM
[Microsoft Resource Kit v1.0]
Script_Path=apps\company\msreskitxp\go\msreskitxp.go
GoScript_Checksum=69503
Product version=1.0
Install_End_Time=05/26/2004 6:00:42 PM
[Microsoft Remote Console Setup v2.02]
Script_Path=apps\company\msreskitxp\go\rcsetup.go
UTC_Timestamp=05/24/2002 01:19:33
GoScript_Checksum=56813
 [Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP 1.00]
Script_Path=apps\microsoft\powertoysforwindowsxp\1.00\go\powertoysforw
+indowsxp100.go
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I need to capture all the […] followed by the script path. For Example ;

[Microsoft MediaPlayer Settings 1.0]
Script_Path=apps\microsoft\mediaplayersettings\1.0\go\mediaplayersetti
+ngs10.go

 [Microsoft Resource Kit v1.0]
Script_Path=apps\company\msreskitxp\go\msreskitxp.go

[Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP 1.00]
Script_Path=apps\microsoft\powertoysforwindowsxp\1.00\go\powertoysforw
+indowsxp100.go
[download]

I wrote this script;

use strict;
use vars qw/@source_go/;
open (LST,"$ARGV[0]/"."c\$/program files/common files/morgan stanley s
+ysadmin/config/go.ini")||die "Cannot find Go.ini file\n";
chomp (my @go = <LST>);
for my $data (@go)
{
   my $go_rec;   
   if ($data =~ /^[^a-z]/i)
   {
      #print "\n$data : \n";
      $go_rec->{app} = $data if ($data);
   } 
   if ($data =~ /^Script_path/i)
   {
    #print "$data\n";
    $go_rec->{path} = $data if ($data);
   }
   push (@source_go, $go_rec);     
}
for my $item (@source_go)
{
   next if (! $item->{app});
   print "$item->{app} : ";
   print "$item->{path} \n";
}
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However, I do get many empty array elements in my source_go array and I feel there is more effecient way for doing this! I am asking you wise monks if there is a better way to capture the text in between the square bracketts followed by the script path?
Thanks

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