Thanks everyone. I got 3 suggestions, 2 almost worked, and one (Bruce) worked right out of the box...
# Matt if (m/^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*(.+?)\s*$/) {
almost: however it matched the condition of "nothing but white space after the ="
which I wanted to eliminate. # C
Title: Message
I
haven't tested this, but how about:
m/^\x*(\w+)\s*=\s*(\".+\*|\w+)\s*$/
Then
$2 should contain the match (if any) from (\".+\*|\w+), which should be either a
quoted string or a single word.
Chad Uretsky Lead Network and Security Engineer
NetIQ Corporation
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