use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper;

my $keyword;
my %text_of;
while (<DATA>) {
    if ( defined $keyword && /^={8}\Q$keyword\E_END={5}/ ) {
        undef $keyword;
        next;
    }
    if ( /^={8}([^=]+)={5}/ ) {
        $keyword = $1;
        next;
    }
    $text_of{ $keyword } .= $_ if defined $keyword;
}
print Dumper \%text_of;

__DATA__
========KEYWORD 1===========
key 1 Text 1
key 1 text 2
key 1 text 3
========KEYWORD 1_END=======


========KEYWORD 2===========
key 2 Text 1
key 2 text 2
key 2 text 3
========KEYWORD 2_END=======


========KEYWORD 3===========
key 3 Text 1
key 3 text 2
key 3 text 3
========KEYWORD 3_END=======

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Output: 

$VAR1 = {
          'KEYWORD 1' => 'key 1 Text 1
key 1 text 2
key 1 text 3
',
          'KEYWORD 3' => 'key 3 Text 1
key 3 text 2
key 3 text 3
',
          'KEYWORD 2' => 'key 2 Text 1
key 2 text 2
key 2 text 3
'
        };

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In reply to Re: Reading chunks of data and then working on it by kyle
in thread Reading chunks of data and then working on it by legend

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