If you want to whack them in an array, do the split as in above answer. Then, yes, stick into a hash. Here's a simple to read version (this can be stripped further if needed). 
my (%hash,$count);

for (@array) {

  # increase hash key
  $count++;

  # use 'x' quantifier to make it readable
  # I've made assumptions about data expected here
  # you may need to amend

  m/Packet ID (hex) \s+ (\S+) \s+ Origin           \s+ (\S+)\s+
  Date (mm/dd/yyyy) \s+ (\S+) \s+ Qualifier        \s+ (\w+)\s+
  Time              \s+ (\S+) \s+ Terminal ID      \s+ (\d+)\s+ 
  Device ID (hex)   \s+ (\w+) \s+ Application ID   \s+ (\w+)\s+
  Catalog Code      \s+ (\w+) \s+ Function ID(hex) \s+ (\w+)\s+
  Status            \s+ (\d+) \s+ Severity         \s+ (\d+)\s+
  (.*)/x;

  $hash{$count}{'packet_id'} = $1;
  $hash{$count}{'origin'} = $2;
  $hash{$count}{'date'} = $3;
  $hash{$count}{'qualifier'} = $4;
  $hash{$count}{'time'} = $5;
  $hash{$count}{'terminal_id'} = $6;
  $hash{$count}{'device_id'} = $7;
  $hash{$count}{'application_id'} = $8;
  $hash{$count}{'catalogue_code'} = $9;
  $hash{$count}{'function_id'} = $10;
  $hash{$count}{'status'} = $11;
  $hash{$count}{'severity'} = $12;
  $hash{$count}{'error_message'} = $13;

}

# then run through and take action on hash
for (keys %hash) {
  if ($hash{$_}{'error_message'} =~ /whatever/) {
    # do something
    ...
  }
}

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HTH

cLive ;-)

In reply to Re: Log File Parsing by cLive ;-)
in thread Log File Parsing by TStanley

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