STATUS Acct:142424 Disposition:9000 CANCEL Wait: 04/11/17 DEBTOR Name:LastName FirstName Ssn:123456789 Cbr: Ph:555.555.1212 #### while (<$fh>){ next unless /\S/; # skip blank lines if (/Acct:(\d+)/){ $acct = $1; if (/Name:([^\s]+)/){ $acct = $1.'_'.$acct; } } push @{$data{$acct}},$_ if ($acct); }