12345 101 add /tmp/file_data_gros 102 delete /tmp/file_myvalues #### PROJECT_ID(value) JOBID(value) TYPE1(value) FILE1(value) #### PROJECT_ID(value) JOBID(value) TYPE2(value) FILE2(value) #### open FILE, "$file_to_process" or die; my %hash; while (my $line=) { chomp; (my $xmltag, $xmlvalue) = split /\<|\>/, $line; $hash{$xmltag} = $xmlvalue; }