#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Text::xSV::Slurp; my $hoh = xsv_slurp( \*DATA, shape => 'hoh', key => 'Subsystem', ); use Data::Dumper; print Dumper $hoh; exit; __DATA__ Subsystem,Group,PID,Status inetd,tcpip,2424886,active xntpd,tcpip,3473550,active rwhod,tcpip,,inoperative snmpd,tcpip,,inoperative aixmibd,tcpip,,inoperative hostmibd,tcpip,,inoperative snmpmibd,tcpip,,inoperative #### $VAR1 = { 'inetd' => { 'Group' => 'tcpip', 'Status' => 'active', 'PID' => '2424886' }, 'hostmibd' => { 'Group' => 'tcpip', 'Status' => 'inoperative', 'PID' => '' }, 'snmpmibd' => { 'Status' => 'inoperative', 'PID' => '', 'Group' => 'tcpip' }, 'aixmibd' => { 'PID' => '', 'Status' => 'inoperative', 'Group' => 'tcpip' }, 'snmpd' => { 'Group' => 'tcpip', 'Status' => 'inoperative', 'PID' => '' }, 'xntpd' => { 'Group' => 'tcpip', 'Status' => 'active', 'PID' => '3473550' }, 'rwhod' => { 'Group' => 'tcpip', 'Status' => 'inoperative', 'PID' => '' } };