use strict; use warnings; my $directory = './zones'; my %zones = getZoneHash($directory); print "$_ -> $zones{$_}\n" for keys %zones; sub getZoneHash { my ($dir) = @_; my %hash; local $/; for my $file ( grep -f, <"$dir/*"> ) { open my $fh, '<', $file or die $!; my $data = <$fh>; close $fh; $hash{$1} = $2 if $data =~ /zone\s+"([^"]+)".+masters\s+{\s*([^}\s]+)\s*}/s; } Kg return %hash; }