Assuming I understand you correctly, and you are using a file of the format: 

server1             Webserver
server2             DMZ Server
server4             Oracle Server

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you could do the following: 
use strict;
use Tie::File;
  |
  mumble.
  |

sub get_comments {
   my $host=shift;
   my @ry=();
   tie @ry,"Tie::File","myfile.txt" or die "myfile.txt: $!";
   my @lines = grep $host,@ry;
   my $line = shift @lines;  # should only be one. 
   my @f=split(/[\s\n\t]+/,$line);
   shift @f;
   untie @ry;
   return join(" ",@f);
}

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Keep in mind I haven't tested this and this is off the top of my head. There's some error detection logic missing in that code (for instance, nothing for the value $host in the input file) and stuff like that.

Hope this is a help...

Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg

In reply to Re: Using a lookup table(?) by blue_cowdawg
in thread Using a lookup table(?) by shandor

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