#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; my %byFile; for () { my ( $size, $name ) = split /\s+/; $byFile{$name} = $size; } for ( keys %byFile ) { print "$_\t=>$byFile{$_}\n"; } __DATA__ 0 5713813 276k CVS_RES 264k Desktop 17k Documes 33k SEARCH