hi I am learning to write automation for running some tests,to begin with I have written the following code.I need to know how I can create a perl module so I can make calls to check if a host is alive

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use lib '/home/suse/junk/automation1/emulex';
use Config::Simple;
use Net::Ping::External qw(ping);
use 5.010;


#myconf.cfg is a file with all hosts
my $cfg = new Config::Simple('/home/suse/junk/automation1/emulex/mycon
+f.cfg');


#accessing values
my $host = $cfg->param("host1");
print "checking $host is reachable or not\n";

my $alive = ping(hostname => "$host", count => 5, size => 1024, timeou
+t => 3);
print "$host is alive!\n" if $alive or die"Could not ping host '$host'
+ ";

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