use warnings; my %config; sub add_config { my ($prefix, $c) = @_; foreach my $key (keys $c) { my $val = $c->{$key}; if (ref($val) eq 'HASH') { add_config($key . '.', $val); } elsif (ref($val) eq 'ARRAY') { $config{'@' . $prefix . $key . '@'} = join ' ', @{$val}; } unless (ref($val)) { $config{'@' . $prefix . $key . '@'} = $val; } } } add_config('', $CONFIG); my $regex = join '|', map {quotemeta} keys %config; for (<>) { s/($regex)/${config{$1}}/g; print; }