"balArray" : [ { "containerArray" : [], "name" : "user_ip" }, { "containerArray" : [ { "entryArray" : [ { "action" : "flag", "expires" : "00:00:00", "hitsSinceAdded" : 128, "name" : "/my/page", "priority" : 4, "rule" : "my_rule", "timestamp" : "21:16:46.946" } ], "name" : "192.168.1.100" }, { "entryArray" : [ { "action" : "flag", "expires" : "00:00:00", "hitsSinceAdded" : 113, "name" : "/my/page2", "priority" : 4, "rule" : "my_rule2", "timestamp" : "21:18:57.750" } ], "name" : "192.168.1.101" }, #### #JSON my $json = new JSON; my $json_text = $json->decode($content); foreach my $json_data(@{$json_text->{entryArray}}) { print {$output_fh} " $json_data->{timestamp},"; print {$output_fh} " $json_data->{name},"; print {$output_fh} "$json_data->{rule},"; print {$output_fh} "$json_data->{priority},\n"; }