All, Need small help. I have an "input.ini" input file which contains sample values like – --- App=| 5000 | 5001 | 0 | | | | 1BYTE | --- Starting with word (viz. App), followed by equal sign, than data within pipes (|) and blank space between two pipes ( | | ). Anything only between two pipes is to be read. I am looking to parse this input file. After parsing, assign each data to struct member type and than send this complete struct as socket. I am looking to use Boost property tree (or the needed one) and finally the ASIO to send the complete filled struct as stream. I tried below code to read complete data and it worked but - --- #include <iostream> #include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp> #include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp> #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp> int main() { boost::property_tree::ptree pt; boost::property_tree::ini_parser::read_ini("input.ini", pt); std::cout << pt.get<std::string>("App") << std::endl; } --- But, how to read between pipes? Any clue?