#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie; die "Usage: $0 input_file\n" unless @ARGV; my $in_file = $ARGV[0]; my $result = []; my $block_start = 'objet => debut'; my $block_end = 'objet => fin', my $rec_skip = '...'; { open my $fh, '<', $in_file; while (<$fh>) { chomp; next if $_ eq $rec_skip or $_ eq $block_end; if ($_ eq $block_start) { push @$result, {}; next; } my ($key, $value) = split /\s*=>\s*/; $value =~ s/^"?(.*?)"?$/$1/; $result->[-1]{$key} = $value; } } use Data::Dump; dd $result; #### $ ./pm_11142528_parse_file.pl Usage: ./pm_11142528_parse_file.pl input_file #### $ ./pm_11142528_parse_file.pl not_a_file Can't open 'not_a_file' for reading: 'No such file or directory' at ./pm_11142528_parse_file.pl line 17 #### $ cat pm_11142528_parse_file.txt objet => debut index => 1 a => "premiere valeur" ... z => "dernier mot" objet => fin ... objet => debut index => 77 a => "autre valeur" ... z => "aurai-je le dernier mot ?" objet => fin #### $ ./pm_11142528_parse_file.pl pm_11142528_parse_file.txt [ { a => "premiere valeur", index => 1, z => "dernier mot" }, { a => "autre valeur", index => 77, z => "aurai-je le dernier mot ?" }, ]