#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature 'say'; open my $IN, '<', '1.csv' or die $!; my %groups; while (<$IN>) { chomp; s/"//g; my ($group_id, $member, $group_descr) = split /;/; if (exists $groups{$group_id}) { die 'Invalid group description: ' . "$group_descr != $groups{$group_id}{descr}\n" if $group_descr ne $groups{$group_id}{descr}; die "Duplicate member $member in $group_id\n" if exists $groups{$group_id}{$member}; } else { $groups{$group_id}{descr} = $group_descr; } undef $groups{$group_id}{member}{$member}; } for my $group_id (keys %groups) { my $group = $groups{$group_id}; say 'define hostgroup {'; say " hostgroup_name $group_id"; $group->{descr} .= 's' if keys %{ $group->{member} } > 1; say " alias $group->{descr}"; say ' members ', join ',', keys %{ $group->{member} }; say '}'; }