> perl -MData::Dumper -e '%hash = "lala=lele lili=lolo lulu = lala\naeiou =abcde" =~ /(\S+)\s*=\s*(\S+)/g; print Dumper \%hash' $VAR1 = { 'lulu' => 'lala', 'lili' => 'lolo', 'lala' => 'lele', 'aeiou' => 'abcde' };