while () { /object-group\s/; # print the next word followed by object-group my @after=split(/\s/,$'); my @array = $after[0]; # unique array NOT working...... my @unique = do { my %seen; grep { !$seen{$_}++ } @array }; foreach my $var ( @unique ) { # remove word - network if ($var !~ m/network/) { # remove word - service next if ($var =~ m/service/); print $var, "\n"; } } } __DATA__ access-list INSIDE_IN remark Web Users To Web Server access-list INSIDE_IN extended permit tcp object-group WEB-CLIENT object-group WEB-SERVER object-group WEB_TCP access-list INSIDE_IN remark EMAIL To EMAIL Server access-list INSIDE_IN extended permit tcp object-group EMAIL-CLIENT object-group EMAIL-SERVER object-group SMTP_TCP object-group network PC1_1st network-object host 10.1.1.11 object-group network PC2_1st network-object host 10.1.1.12 object-group network WEB-CLIENT group-object PC1_1st group-object PC2_1st object-group network WEB-SERVER network-object host 10.1.1.5 object-group service WEB_TCP tcp port-object eq www port-object eq https object-group network EMAIL-CLIENT group-object PC1_1st group-object PC2_1st object-group network EMAIL-SERVER network-object host 10.1.1.6 object-group service SMTP_TCP tcp port-object eq SMTP #### access-list INSIDE_IN extended permit tcp object-group WEB-CLIENT object-group WEB-SERVER object-group WEB_TCP
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## access-list INSIDE_IN extended permit tcp object-group WEB-CLIENT object-group WEB-SERVER object-group WEB_TCP object-group network WEB-CLIENT group-object PC1_1st group-object PC2_1st object-group network PC1_1st network-object host 10.1.1.11 object-group network PC2_1st network-object host 10.1.1.12 object-group network WEB-SERVER network-object host 10.1.1.5 object-group service WEB_TCP tcp port-object eq www port-object eq https #### access-list INSIDE_IN extended permit tcp object-group EMAIL-CLIENT object-group EMAIL-SERVER object-group SMTP_TCP object-group network EMAIL-CLIENT group-object PC1_1st group-object PC2_1st object-group network PC1_1st network-object host 10.1.1.11 object-group network PC2_1st network-object host 10.1.1.12 object-group network EMAIL-SERVER network-object host 10.1.1.6 object-group service SMTP_TCP tcp port-object eq SMTP