while (defined(my $line = )) { chomp $line; my @hostpair = split(' ',$line); my $host = $hostpair[0]; my @FQDN = split(/ /,`host $host`,2); my $OWNER; if (exists $MYDB{uc($host)}) { $OWNER = $MYDB{uc($host)} } else { $OWNER = "OTHER"; } print "$host \t $FQDN[0]\t $hostpair[1] \t $OWNER \n"; }