diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*
+!README.md
+!.gitignore
+!utils
+!utils/*
+
diff --git a/utils/myread.sh b/utils/myread.sh
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index 0000000..82c5b09
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+++ b/utils/myread.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+get_sections() {
+	local START_REGEX="${1:?"get_sections: START_REGEX was not provided"}"
+        local -n CONTAINER="${2:?"get_sections: Has CONTAINER variable not passed into function"}"
+	local CONTENT="${3:?"get_sections: Content was not provided"}"
+
+        local CURRENT_BUFFER=""
+        local -i OPEN_BRACKETS=0
+        local -i CLOSE_BRACKETS=0
+        local CAN_READ=0
+
+        while read line; do
+                if [[ "$line" =~ ^$START_REGEX.*$ ]]; then
+                        CAN_READ=1
+                fi
+
+                if [[ $CAN_READ -eq 1 ]]; then
+                        CURRENT_BUFFER+="$line\n"
+                        [[ "$line" == *'{'* ]] && ((OPEN_BRACKETS++))
+                        [[ "$line" == *'}'* ]] && ((CLOSE_BRACKETS++))
+                        if [[ $OPEN_BRACKETS -eq $CLOSE_BRACKETS ]]; then
+				CONTAINER+=( "$( echo -e "$CURRENT_BUFFER" )" )
+                                CURRENT_BUFFER=""
+                                CAN_READ=0
+                                OPEN_BRACKETS=0
+                                CLOSE_BRACKETS=0
+                        fi
+                fi
+
+        done <<< "$CONTENT"
+}
+
diff --git a/utils/shared-networks.sh b/utils/shared-networks.sh
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+++ b/utils/shared-networks.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# BEGIN: Variables
+
+DHCPD_CONF_CONTENTS="$(<${CONFIG_FILE:?"DHCPD_CONFIG was not set"})"
+
+# END: Variables
+
+
+# BEGIN: Functions
+
+get_shared_network_declarations () {
+	local CURRENT_BUFFER=""
+	local CURRENT_SHARED_NETWORK_NAME=""
+	local -i OPEN_BRACKETS=0
+	local -i CLOSE_BRACKETS=0
+	local CAN_READ=0
+	local -n HASH_TABLE="${1:?"get_declarations: Has table variable not passed into function"}"
+
+	while read line; do
+		if [[ "$line" =~ ^$SHARED_NETWORK_BEGIN_REGEX.*$ ]]; then
+			CAN_READ=1
+			CURRENT_SHARED_NETWORK_NAME=`echo $line | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d \"`
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $CAN_READ -eq 1 ]]; then
+			CURRENT_BUFFER+="$line\n"
+			[[ "$line" == *'{'* ]] && ((OPEN_BRACKETS++))
+			[[ "$line" == *'}'* ]] && ((CLOSE_BRACKETS++))
+			if [[ $OPEN_BRACKETS -eq $CLOSE_BRACKETS ]]; then
+				HASH_TABLE["$CURRENT_SHARED_NETWORK_NAME"]="$( echo -e "$CURRENT_BUFFER" )"
+				CURRENT_BUFFER=""
+				CAN_READ=0
+				OPEN_BRACKETS=0
+				CLOSE_BRACKETS=0
+				CURRENT_SHARED_NETWORK_NAME=""
+			fi
+		fi
+
+	done <<< "$DHCPD_CONF_CONTENTS"
+}
+
+# END: Functions
+
+declare -A testHashTable
+
+get_shared_network_declarations testHashTable
+
+for name in "${!testHashTable[@]}"; do
+	echo "$name"
+	echo "${testHashTable[$name]}"
+done
+
diff --git a/utils/subnets.sh b/utils/subnets.sh
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+++ b/utils/subnets.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# BEGIN: Variables
+
+SUBNET_BEGIN_REGEX='^[[:space:]]*subnet[[:space:]]+[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[[:space:]]+netmask[[:space:]]+[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[[:space:]]+\{'
+# END: Variables
+
+get_subnet_declerations () {
+	local -n HASH_TABLE="${1:?"get_subnet_declerations: Hash table was not provided"}"
+	local CONTENT="${2:?"get_subnet_declerations: Content to be parsed was not provided"}"
+	local -i OPEN_BRACKETS=0
+	local -i CLOSE_BRACKETS=0
+	local CAN_READ=0
+
+	while read line; do
+		if [[ "$line" =~ ^$SUBNET_BEGIN_REGEX.*$ ]]; then
+			CAN_READ=1
+		fi
+	done <<< "$CONTENT"
+}