use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %hash = (); my $string = ""; while() { $_ =~ s/\n/ /g; $string .= $_; } my @array = split (/\:\s+/, $string); print Dumper( @array ); __DATA__ VLAN : 1 Status : Enabled FID : 1 Name : DEFAULT VLAN VLAN Type: Permanent Last change: 2009-08-31 16:48:45 Egress Ports: host.0.1 Forbidden Egress Ports: ge.3.39 Untagged Ports: host.0.1