[lug] Quick perl question

[Chip Atkinson]

Greetings,

I need to substitute some data values for some patterns in a text template
file and print it out.  There is only one template at a time, but multiple
sets of data values.

I was thinking I could read the whole thing into a scalar and run a series
of pattern replacements on the scalar, but was wondering if there were
other methods that might be better, faster, and more powerful than ever
before.

Thanks in advance.
Chi