lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 options=1203 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 nd6 options=201 gif0: flags=8010 mtu 1280 en0: flags=8863 mtu 1500 ether f4:0f:24:29:df:4d inet6 fe80::1cb5:1689:1826:cc7b%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x4 inet 10.176.85.19 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.176.85.255 nd6 options=201 media: autoselect status: active en1: flags=963 mtu 1500 options=60 ether 06:00:58:62:a3:00 media: autoselect status: inactive p2p0: flags=8843 mtu 2304 ether 06:0f:24:29:df:4d media: autoselect status: inactive ##

##


#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
################
my @AoH;
my $rec;
my $flag = 0;
open my $fh, '<', 'interface.txt' or die;
while (<$fh>) {
    chomp;
    if (/^(\w+\d{1}):\s+flags=(.*?>)/) {
        $flag = 1;
        $rec = {};
        $rec->{'interface'} = $1;
        $rec->{'flags'} = $2;
    } elsif (/ether\s+(.*$)/) {
        $rec->{'ether'} = $1;
    } elsif (/media:\s+(\w+)/) {
        $rec->{'media'} = $1;
    } elsif (/inet\s+(\w+\.\w+\.\w+\.\w+)/) {
        $rec->{'inet'} = $1;
    }  elsif (/status: (\w+)/) {
        $rec->{'status'} = $1;
    } elsif ($flag) {
        push @AoH, $rec;
        $flag = 0;
    }
}

close($fh);
print Dumper \@AoH;


##

##

./create_arr_of_hashes_from_file.pl
$VAR1 = [
          {
            'flags' => '8049',
            'inet' => '127.0.0.1',
            'interface' => 'lo0'
          },
          {
            'ether' => 'f4:0f:24:29:df:4d ',
            'flags' => '8863',
            'status' => 'active',
            'media' => 'autoselect',
            'interface' => 'en0',
            'inet' => '10.176.85.19'
          },
          {
            'status' => 'inactive',
            'media' => 'autoselect',
            'interface' => 'en1',
            'flags' => '963',
            'ether' => '06:00:58:62:a3:00 '
          },
          {
            'status' => 'inactive',
            'media' => 'autoselect',
            'interface' => 'p2p0',
            'flags' => '8843',
            'ether' => '06:0f:24:29:df:4d '
          }
        ];