use strict; use warnings; my %components = ( COMP1 => { eth1 => "10.172.9.21/24", eth1_gw => "10.172.1.1", eth2 => "10.172.10.21/24", }, COMP2 => { eth1 => "10.172.9.22/24", eth2 => "10.172.11.21/24", }, COMP3 => { eth1 => "10.172.11.21/24", eth2 => "10.172.13.21/24", eth3 => "10.173.2.98/24", }, ); my %addresses; foreach my $comp ( keys %components ) { foreach my $eth ( keys %{$components{$comp}} ) { push(@{$addresses{$components{$comp}{$eth}}}, "$comp:$eth"); } } foreach my $address ( keys %addresses ) { print "$address: appears on " . join (', ', @{$addresses{$address}}) . "\n"; }