In the second group, I don't see any assignment statement, just 2 variable names and then a string constant, but no "=".

    my ( $VVname, $t, $ioCur, $ioAvg, $ioMax, $kbCur, $kbAvg, 
         $kbMax, $svtCur, $svtAvg, $iokbCur, $iokbAvg, 
         $Qlen) = split /\|/, $thisline;
    
    $gmetric $gmetric_conf "--name=.....";
    $gmetriC $gmetric_conf "--name=t  .....t";
    $gmetric $gmetric_conf "--name='I/O ....";
    $gmetric $gmetric_conf "--name='I/O per second Avg";
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