#!/usr/bin/perl # vi:ts=4 sw=4 et: use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper qw(); my %result; my %queue; while ( my $line = ) { chomp $line; if ( $line =~ m/^BS:\s+(\S+)/ ) { $result{$1} = { %queue }; %queue = (); } else { my ( $name, $in_percent, $in_num, $out_percent, $out_num ) = split m{ \(| / | of 1024 \| event | of 1024\)}, $line; $queue{$name} = { in_q_per => $in_percent, in_q_num => $in_num, out_q_per => $out_percent, out_q_num => $out_num, }; } } # show resulting structure; it's up to you to go on from here ;o) print Data::Dumper->Dump( [ \%result ], [ '*result' ] ); __DATA__ AAA_AA1_DDD (0% / 0 of 1024 | event 0% / 0 of 1024) AAA_AA2_DDD (0% / 0 of 1024 | event 0% / 0 of 1024) BS: 111_DDD, QE: QQQ_DDD (additionnal QE) BBB_BB1_DDD (0% / 0 of 1024 | event 0% / 0 of 1024) BBB_BB2_DDD (0% / 0 of 1024 | event 0% / 0 of 1024) BS: 222_DDD, QE: QQQ_DDD (additionnal QE) CCC_CC1_DDD (0% / 0 of 1024 | event 0% / 0 of 1024) CCC_CC2_DDD (0% / 0 of 1024 | event 0% / 0 of 1024) BS: 333_DDD, QE: QQQ_DDD (additionnal QE)