The below json call is really what i am trying to parse. 
$VAR1 = '{
   "alertCounts" : [
      {
         "count" : 5,
         "rule" : "rule1"
      },
      {
         "count" : 16,
         "rule" : "rule2"
      }  
   ],
   "balArray" : [
      {
         "containerArray" : [],
         "name" : "user_ip"
      },
      {
         "containerArray" : [
            {
               "entryArray" : [
                  {
                     "action" : "flag",
                     "expires" : "00:00:00",
                     "hitsSinceAdded" : 56,
                     "name" : "/my/page",
                     "priority" : 4,
                     "rule" : "rule1",
                     "timestamp" : "15:28:40.150"
                  }
               ],
               "name" : "192.168.1.100"
            },
            {
               "entryArray" : [
                  {
                     "action" : "flag",
                     "expires" : "00:00:00",
                     "hitsSinceAdded" : 185,
                     "name" : "/my/page",
                     "priority" : 4,
                     "rule" : "rule2",
                     "timestamp" : "15:12:55.961"
                  }
               ],
               "name" : "192.168.1.101"
            }
        '
        ;

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SAMPLE CODE: 
#JSON
my $json = new JSON;

my $json_text = $json->decode($content);

foreach my $json_data(@{$json_text->{balArray}[0]{containerArray}[0]{e
+ntryArray}[0]}) {
print {$output_fh} "$json_data->{timestamp},";
print {$output_fh} "$json_data->{flag},\n";
}

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