for my $list (@lists) { print $list->{line}; printGroups($list->{groups}, %group); print "\n"; } #### sub uniq { my %seen; grep !$seen{$_}++, @_; } for my $list (@lists) { my @filtered = uniq(@lists); printGroups(@filtered->{groups}, %group); # prints acl lines AFTER object-groups print $list->{line}; print "line 54: ACL line\n\n"; }