use XML::Rules; my (@keys, @values); my $parser = XML::Rules->new( rules => { _default => '', Key => sub {push @keys, $_[1]->{_content}}, Value => sub {push @values, $_[1]->{_content}}, }, ); $parser->parse(\*DATA); use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\@keys); print Dumper(\@values); __DATA__ eb08f9990ae6545f9ea625412c71f24f7bf007ed c73df5228c35c419f884ba9571310cd7 sdf sdhf nsdfg sdfgh nserg sfgdfgh EB08F9990AE6545F9EA625412C71F24F7BF007ED C73DF5228C35C419F884BA9571310CD7