my @records; for (qx| sudo iw dev wlan0 scan |) { if (/^BSS\s*(.*)/) { push @records, { BSS=>$1 } } elsif (/^\s*(\w+):\s*(.*)/) { $records[-1]{$1} = $2 if @records } } foreach my $record (@records) { print "$record->{SSID}\n"; }