#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $input1=$ARGV[0]; my $input2=$ARGV[1]; my %hash1; my %hash2; my $name1; my $name2; my $x1; my $x2; my $y2; my $y1; open my $fh1,'<', $input1 or die "Cannot open file : $!\n"; while (<$fh1>) { chomp; if(/^name\s+(\S+)/) { $name1 = $1; } if(/^num\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/) { $x1 = $1; $y1 = $2; $x2 = $3; $y2 = $4; } $hash1{$name1}=[$x1,$y1,$x2,$y2]; } close $fh1; print Dumper (\%hash1); open my $fh2,'<', $input2 or die "Cannot open file : $!\n"; while (<$fh2>) { chomp; if(/^name\s+(\S+)/) { $name2 = $1; } if(/^num\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/) { $x1 = $1; $y1 = $2; $x2 = $3; $y2 = $4; } $hash2{$name2}=[$x1,$y1,$x2,$y2]; } close $fh2; print Dumper (\%hash2);