#! perl -slw use strict; use Data::Dump qw[ pp ]; my %data; while( ) { my @bits = split; push @{ $data{ pop @bits } }, \@bits; } pp \%data; __DATA__ AsmA_2 PF13502 220 A0KIJ1 AsmA_2 PF13502 220 A0KIJ1 DUF490 PF04357 379 A1AJD0 Pfam-B_5656 PB005656 259 A1AJD0 STN PF07660 52 T2MWK7 Secretin_N_2 PF07655 98 T2MZK3 Pfam-B_2175 PB002175 114 T2MVV9 Secretin_N PF03958 82 U2ZRR1 Pfam-B_1479 PB001479 704 U2ZRR1 Pfam-B_2175 PB002175 114 U2ZRR1