#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %new_resolvers = ( 'dns-one' => [ "127.0.0.1\tdns-apple" , "127.0.0.2\tdns-banana" , "127.0.0.3\tdns-shoe" ] , 'dns-extern' => [ sub { my $ip = shift or die "you need to pass in IP address"; my @array; open ( PIPE, "./get_resolvers_for_client.sh|" ) or die __FILE__ . " [" . __LINE__ . "] could not open get_resolvers_for_client.sh:$!"; while ( ) { chomp; last if /not a one of our IP addresses/; push ( @array, $_ ); } return reverse @array; } ] ); for my $dns_server ( keys %new_resolvers ) { print "getting new resolvers for dns server $dns_server\n"; my $resolvers = join "\n", @{$new_resolvers{$dns_server}}; print "$resolvers\n\n"; }