#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $key_ = '//programfiles/documents/data/lookup/script_auth_pap.h'; my $val_ = 'root\edit\perl\scripts\scripths\sec\inc\script_auth_pap.h'; my $c = 0; my %hash; for (1..125000) { my $key = "$key_$c"; my $val = "$val_$c"; $c++; $hash{$key} = $val; } <>; # 34 MB my $dump = Dumper \%hash; <>; # 110 MB