use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; my %ips; while (<$in_fh>) { if (/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/) { my $ip = "$1.$2.$3.$4"; my $classc = "$1.$2.$3"; push @{ $ips{$classc} }, $ip; } } foreach my $classc (sort keys %ips) { say $ips{$classc}[rand @{$ips{$classc}}]; } #### use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; my %ips; while (<$in_fh>) { push @{ $ips{"$1.$2.$3"} }, "$1.$2.$3.$4" if /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/; } say $ips{$_}[rand @{$ips{$_}}] for sort keys %ips;