use Nmap::Parser; my $np = new Nmap::Parser; #this is a simple example (no input checking done) my @hosts = @ARGV; #Get hosts from stdin #runs the nmap command with hosts and parses it at the same time $np->parsescan('nmap','-sS O -p 1-1023',@hosts); for my $host ($np->get_host_objects()){ #$host is an Nmap::Parser::Host object print $host->hostname."\n"; }