./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 ' } ];