use strict; use warnings; use Text::CSV_XS 'csv'; my @records = map { my %record; for ( split "\n" ) { my ($key, $val) = split ': '; $record{$key} = $record{$key} ? join ', ', $record{$key}, $val : $val; }; \%record; } split "\n\n", do { local $/; }; my @col_names = qw(cn host description env keyWords l sysadm1 sysadm2 administratorContactInfo nsHardwarePlatform version); my @rows = map { my $record = $_; [ map { $record->{$_} || '' } @col_names ] } @records; csv( in => \@rows, headers => \@col_names, out => '/tmp/foo.csv' ); __DATA__ cn: epcpc5 host: epcpc5 description: research server l: Narnia Data Center cn: epcmsp host: epcmsp description: Service Processor l: Narnia Data Center cn: post62a host: post62a description: network printer keyWords: netprinter l: Narnia Data Center cn: tst401 host: tst401 host: tst401.narnia.org host: srv1ck41 description: Test Application Server env: test keyWords: linuxserver keyWords: nonprod keyWords: localperl keyWords: sudoers l: Data Center, Narnia sysadm1: aslan administratorContactInfo: sciops nsHardwarePlatform: DellR730 #### $ cat /tmp/foo.csv cn,host,description,env,keyWords,l,sysadm1,sysadm2,administratorContactInfo,nsHardwarePlatform,version epcpc5,epcpc5,"research server",,,"Narnia Data Center",,,,, epcmsp,epcmsp,"Service Processor",,,"Narnia Data Center",,,,, post62a,post62a,"network printer",,netprinter,"Narnia Data Center",,,,, tst401,"tst401, tst401.narnia.org, srv1ck41","Test Application Server",test,"linuxserver, nonprod, localperl, sudoers","Data Center, Narnia",aslan,,sciops,DellR730,