#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my @objects; my @fields = qw{network host description}; { local $/ = "\nobject"; while () { my %object; for my $field (@fields) { / $field \s ( .*? ) $ /mx and $object{$field} = $1; } push @objects, \%object if keys %object; } } use Data::Dump; dd \@objects; __DATA__ object network Microsoft.Lync.Host.3 host 138.108.25.111 description Help Desk Ticket #476739 object network Microsoft.Lync.Host.4 host 138.108.25.112 description Help Desk Ticket #476739 object network Microsoft.Lync.Host.5 host 138.108.25.113 description Help Desk Ticket #476739 object network Microsoft.Lync.Host.6