I think it takes more than that :)
$ cat junk877828.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $k = q!.\root\edit\perl\scripts\scripths\sec\inc\script_auth_ttls.h +-34349;perforcePLF.txt!; my $v = q!//source/new/text/files/data/script_auth_ttls.h - label : 5 +!; #~ $k = $k.$k; #~ $v = $v.$v; my %h; for ( 0 .. 125000 ){ $h{"$k$_"} = "$v$_"; } warn `pslist -m $$ 2>NUL`, ' '; # for linux, i think its `ps v PID ` print Dumper(\%h); warn `pslist -m $$ 2>NUL`, ' '; __END__ $ perl junk877828.pl 1>1 2>2 $ du -h 1 22M 1 $ cat 2 Process memory detail for NAME: Name Pid VM WS Priv Priv Pk Faults Non +P Page perl 1016 81668 36164 34008 34008 9053 +2 29 at junk877828.pl line 15. Process memory detail for NAME: Name Pid VM WS Priv Priv Pk Faults Non +P Page perl 1016 148300 71284 68984 126816 58626 +2 29 at junk877828.pl line 17.
The numbers are in Kbytes and the memory usage doubles due to Data::Dumper, from 78MB to 142MB

In reply to Re^4: Constructing a hash - why isn't my regex matching anything by Anonymous Monk
in thread Constructing a hash - why isn't my regex matching anything by perl_mystery

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