#!/usr/bin/perl use Data::Dumper; my %HoA = (); my %hash_track = (); while() { chomp($_); my (@stuff) = split(" ", $_); &fill(@stuff); } print Dumper(\%HoA); sub fill() { my @a = @_; my @ar = @a[0,1,2,4,5,6,7]; my $h = $a[3]; $HoA{$h}[$hash_track{$h}] = [ @ar ]; $hash_track{$h}++; } __DATA__ 334 Capped 28 5034366 16777215 NULL NULL NULL 373 Capped 28 5034366 16777215 NULL NULL NULL