I think a HoH would make this problem a lot easier on the eye, so I offer a little example code, which does not print stuff out in the order you want, but hopefully gets you off in a slightly better direction:

#!/usr/perl/bin

use strict;

my %printer_hash;
my $current_printer;


while(<DATA>)
{
  if  (/^printer/) {
    my ($idle, $enabled);
    ($current_printer,$idle,$enabled) = (split)[1,3,4];
    $printer_hash{$current_printer}{IDLE_STATUS} = $idle eq "idle"?0:1
+;
    $printer_hash{$current_printer}{ENABLED}     = $enabled eq "enable
+d"?"UP":"DOWN";
  }
  elsif ( /Interface:(.+)/i ) {
        chomp;
        $printer_hash{$current_printer}{INTERFACE} = (split /\//, $_)[
+-1];
  }
  elsif ( /Description: (.+)/i) {
      $printer_hash{$current_printer}{INTERFACE}  = $1;
  }
  elsif ( /Connection: (.+)/i)  {
    $printer_hash{$current_printer}{CONNECTION} = $1 eq "direct"?"loca
+l":"remote";
  }
  elsif (/Banner not required/) {
    $printer_hash{$current_printer}{BANNER} = "NO";
  }
}

foreach my $printer ( keys %printer_hash ){
    foreach my $item ( keys %{$printer_hash{$printer}} ) {

        print "$printer => $item: $printer_hash{$printer}{$item}\n";
    }
}




__DATA__
printer llp is idle. disnabled since Wed Oct 23 15:54:08 GMT 2002. ava
+ilable.
    Form mounted:
    Content types: any
    Printer types: unknown
    Description: OPENprint printer llp
    Connection: direct
    Interface: /usr/lib/lp/model/standard
    On fault: write to root once
    After fault: continue
    Users allowed:
        (all)
    Forms allowed:
        (none)
    Banner not required
    Character sets:
        (none)
    Default pitch:
    Default page size:
    Default port settings: -opost

printer ps is idle. enabled since Wed Oct 23 15:54:17 GMT 2002. availa
+ble.
    Form mounted:
    Content types: postscript, simple
    Printer types: unknown
    Description: local printer
    Connection: direct
    Interface: /usr/lib/lp/model/net_lj4x
    On fault: write to root once
    After fault: continue
    Users allowed:
        (all)
    Forms allowed:
        (none)
    Banner not required
    Character sets:
        (none)
    Default pitch:
    Default page size:
    Default port settings:
[download]

Note that I have not thoroughly checked it, but by printing out the items in the HoH, you can put them in any order you would like, and have a good idea what is getting printed when instead of having to re-read your code and try to remember which part of the array you are printing in what location, etc.

-enlil

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