#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %HoA; while (<>) { chomp; if ( $. <= 12 ) { if (index($_, ',') != -1) { my @fields = split(/,/, ); push @{ $HoA{$fields[0]} }, @fields; $. = 0 if $. == 12; # reset line number } else { warn "Line could not be parsed: $_\n"; } } } continue { close ARGV if eof; } print Dumper \%HoA; __END__ $ perl test.pl test.csv $VAR1 = { 'Anand' => [ 'Anand', '1', '2', '3', '4', 'xyz', 'Anand', '2', '3', '4', '5', 'wer', 'Anand', '3', '4', '4', '4', 'ert', 'Anand', '2', '2', '2', '2', 'tre' ], 'seetha' => [ 'seetha', '1', '2', '3', '4', 'rew' ] }; #### __DATA__ Anand,1,2,3,4,xyz Anand,2,3,4,5,wer Anand,3,4,4,4,ert seetha,1,2,3,4,rew Anand,2,2,2,2,tre #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %HoA; while (<>) { chomp; if ( $. <= 12 ) { if (index($_, ',') != -1) { push @{ $HoA{$.} }, split(/,/, ); $. = 0 if $. == 12; # reset line number } else { warn "Line could not be parsed: $_\n"; } } } continue { close ARGV if eof; } print Dumper \%HoA; __END__ $ perl test.pl test.csv $VAR1 = { '5' => [ 'Anand', '2', '2', '2', '2', 'tre' ], '1' => [ 'Anand', '1', '2', '3', '4', 'xyz' ], '3' => [ 'Anand', '3', '4', '4', '4', 'ert' ], '2' => [ 'Anand', '2', '3', '4', '5', 'wer' ], '4' => [ 'seetha', '1', '2', '3', '4', 'rew' ] }; #### my %HoA; while (<>) { chomp; if ( $. <= 12 ) { next unless ( index($_, ',') != -1 ); # or remove it also push @{ $HoA{$.} }, split(/,/, ); $. = 0 if $. == 12; # reset line number } } continue { close ARGV if eof; } #### my %HoA; while (<>) { chomp; next unless ( index($_, ',') != -1 ); # remove if not necessary push @{ $HoA{$.} }, split(/,/, ) if ( $. <= 12 ); $. = 0 if $. == 12; # reset line number } continue { close ARGV if eof; } #### my %HoA; while (<>) { chomp; next unless ( index($_, ',') != -1 ); # remove if not necessary push @{ $HoA{$.} }, split(/,/, ) if ( $. <= 12 ); $. = 0 if $. == 12; # reset line number } continue { close ARGV if eof; }