#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @oids = ( '.1.2.3.4.2.1.3.0', '.1.23.4.2.1.3.4.0'); my $oid = undef; my $ct = 0; foreach $oid (@oids) { if ($ct > 50) { print "PROBED CT: \"$ct\" OIDS. SLEEPING X\n"; sleep 10; $ct = 0; } print "PROCESSING OID: \"$oid\" \n"; $ct += 1; }