#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Path::Tiny; use Array::Split qw(split_by); use feature qw(say); use Data::Dump; my $file = shift; say path($file)->slurp; my @records; for ( split_by( 3, grep { defined } map { /(.+ = .+)/; $1 } path($file)->lines( { chomp => 1 } ) ) ) { my $name = ( split / = /, @$_[0] )[1]; my $code = ( split / = /, @$_[1] )[1]; my $status = ( split / = /, @$_[2] )[1]; printf( "%s %s\n", $name, $status ); my $hash_ref; $hash_ref->{name} = $name; $hash_ref->{status} = $status; $hash_ref->{code} = $code; push @records, $hash_ref; } dd \@records; __END__ karls-mac-mini:sreek3502 karl$ ./sreek3502.pl data.txt Student Name = Harry Student Code = student_id_1 Exam Status = PASSED ------------------------------------- Student Name = Mike Student Code = student_id_2 Exam Status = PASSED ------------------------------------- Student Name = Tom Student Code = student_id_3 Exam Status = PASSED ------------------------------------- Student Name = Bob Smith Student Code = student_id_4 Exam Status = FAILED Harry PASSED Mike PASSED Tom PASSED Bob Smith FAILED [ { code => "student_id_1", name => "Harry", status => "PASSED" }, { code => "student_id_2", name => "Mike", status => "PASSED" }, { code => "student_id_3", name => "Tom", status => "PASSED" }, { code => "student_id_4", name => "Bob Smith", status => "FAILED" }, ]