#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $hostfile = "/etc/hosts";
my %hosts = ();


open FILE, "<", "$hostfile" || die "Cannot open $hostfile $!";
while (<FILE>) {
    next if /^\s*#/ ; # skip comments
	chomp;
	my ($key, $value) = split (" ", $_);
	$hosts{$key} = $value;
	}
close FILE;