my $ports = '0x4000040000000200800000000000000000000002' .'0000000000c004000108008000000000000000000' .'00000000000000000000000000000000000000000' .'00000000000000000000000000000000000000000' .'00000000000000000000000000000000000000000' .'00000000000000000000000000000000000000000' .'00000000000'; my $basePort = 0; my @ports; $ports = substr $ports, 2; while ($ports) { my $octet = hex substr $ports, 0, 2, ''; my $index = 0; while ($octet) { next unless $octet & 0x80; push @ports, $basePort + $index; } continue { ++$index; $octet = ($octet << 1) & 0xff; } $basePort += 8; } print join ',', @ports;