i try to read two different files into a array and compare
both and print difference between fil0 > file1 (both files
have a identical construction, see __DATA__

Problem:
--------
-Need to compare EntityName & m_LocalNbrPhysAddr for every
element (each data element starts with { and ends with },
at the moment i compare each key seperately,and print out the difference.

Finale solution i need:
-----------------------
-read in EntityName,m_LocalNbrPhysAddr,m_ConnectedTo between the { } data context into
a hash from file0 and do the same with the file1 and
compare both
THANKS FOR ANY SUPPORT !

my lame code:
-------------

for my $data (<FILE34>) {
    foreach my $line (split /};/, $data) {
        next if $line eq '';
        next if $line =~ m/^\s+$/;
        next if $line =~ /^\{$/;
        next if $line =~ /^\}$/;
        #$line =~ s/\s+//g;
        $line =~ s/\;//g;
        my ($key, $value) = split(/'/, $line);
        
        if ( $key =~ /EntityName/ ) {
            next if $value eq '';
            $value =~ s/\.domain\.net//g;
            $value =~ s/\s+//g;
            push @entity34_name, ($key.$value);
        }    
        
        if ( $key =~ /m_LocalNbrPhysAddr/ ) {
            next if $value eq '';
            $value =~ s/\s+//g;
            push @entity34_mac, ($key.$value)
        }
        
        if ( $key =~ /m_ConnectedTo/ ) {
            next if $value eq '';
            $value =~ s/\s+//g;
            push @entity34_connectedTo, ($key.$value)
        }        
    }
}
close(FILE34);

open(FILE35, "<$dump3_5") || die "Cannot open file: $!";
for my $data (<FILE35>) {
    foreach my $line (split /};/, $data) {
        next if $line eq '';
        next if $line =~ m/^\s+$/;
        next if $line =~ /^\{$/;
        next if $line =~ /^\}$/;
        #$line =~ s/\s+//g;
        $line =~ s/\;//g;
        my ($key, $value) = split(/'/, $line);
        
        if ( $key =~ /EntityName/ ) {
            next if $value eq '';
            $value =~ s/\s+//g;
            $value =~ s/\.cablecom\.net//g;
            push @entity35_name, ($key.$value);
        }    
        
        if ( $key =~ /m_LocalNbrPhysAddr/ ) {
            next if $value eq '';
            $value =~ s/\s+//g;
            push @entity35_mac, ($key.$value)
        }
        
        if ( $key =~ /m_ConnectedTo/ ) {
            next if $value eq '';
            $value =~ s/\s+//g;
            push @entity35_connectedTo, ($key.$value)
        }        
    }
}
close(FILE35);

##print difference
foreach (@entity35_name) {
    $seen{$_}++;
}
foreach (@entity35_mac) {
    $seen{$_}++;
}
foreach (@entity35_connectedTo) {
    $seen{$_}++;
}
###
foreach (@entity34_name) {
    print OUTPUT "$_\n" unless $seen{$_};
}
foreach (@entity34_mac) {
    print OUTPUT "$_\n" unless $seen{$_};
}
foreach (@entity34_connectedTo) {
    print OUTPUT "$_\n" unless $seen{$_};
}

__DATA__
{
        EntityName='dummy0.domain.net[ Fa0/1 ]';
            m_LocalNbrPhysAddr='00:0C:85:F4:66:01';
}

{
        EntityName='dummy2[ Fa0/0 ]';
                m_LocalNbrPhysAddr='00:0C:85:F4:66:00';
                m_ConnectedTo=['dummyXX.domain.net[ Gi0/12 ]'];
}

{
        EntityName='dummy3.domain.net[ Fa0/0 ]';
                m_LocalNbrPhysAddr='00:0C:85:F4:66:00';
                m_ConnectedTo=['dummyYY.domain.net[ Gi0/12 ], dummyXX.
+domain.net[ Fa0/12 ]'';
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20050107 Edit by castaway: Changed title from 'compare and sort hashes'

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