Here is a way to parse the config file:
while (<DATA>) { my ($prefix, $rest) = split; foreach my $env (split /;/, $rest) { my ($env_name, $machine) = split /:/, $env; print "$prefix $env_name $machine\n"; } } __DATA__ Docs Legal:Legal100-106;QA:QAServer5 Legal Legal:Legal15;QA:QAServer5 Funding QA:Alpha,Beta;PROD:PROD1-5
which produces
Docs Legal Legal100-106 Docs QA QAServer5 Legal Legal Legal15 Legal QA QAServer5 Funding QA Alpha,Beta Funding PROD PROD1-5
Update: That 100, 101 and 106 look a little suspicious. If you meant to expand the number intervals as well, a little extra code is needed:
while (<DATA>) { my ($prefix, $rest) = split; foreach my $env (split /;/, $rest) { my ($env_name, $machine) = split /:/, $env; if ($machine =~ /^(\D+)(\d+)-(\d+)$/) { my $root = $1; foreach $num ($2..$3) { print "$prefix $env_name $root$num\n"; } } else { print "$prefix $env_name $machine\n"; } } } __DATA__ Docs Legal:Legal100-106;QA:QAServer5 Legal Legal:Legal15;QA:QAServer5 Funding QA:Alpha,Beta;PROD:PROD1-5

-Mark


In reply to Re: Parsing a file - For differnet environments by kvale
in thread Parsing a file - For differnet environments by gpurusho

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