open(my $fh, "tempfile") or die("ack - $!"); chomp( my $header = <$fh> ); my(undef, @headers) = split ' ', $header; my(%cols) = do { my $i = 0; map { $_ => $i++ } @headers; }; my %info; while(<$fh>) { chomp; next if m< ^ \s* \z >x; my($name, @rows) = split; push @{ $info{$name} }, @rows; } close $fh;