#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; use Data::Diver qw/ DiveVal /; open my $fh, '<', \q{Ho|001 -> ooB -> Ho.62 Ho|001 -> nom -> rapidqa Ho|001|VAG|001 -> VAG -> 21.00.00.E0.8B.80.7E.7D Ho|001|VAG|002 -> VAG -> 21.00.00.E0.8B.80.E7.7F Ho|001|BigUnit|001 -> ooB -> LU.R700.87108.8234 Ho|001|BigUnit|001 -> deR -> 8234 Ho|001|BigUnit|002 -> ooB -> LU.R700.87108.8235 Ho|001|BigUnit|002 -> deR -> 8235 Ho|002 -> ooB -> Ho.107 Ho|002 -> nom -> sapfvir03 Ho|002|VAG|001 -> VAG -> 21.00.00.E0.8B.81.D7.F6 Ho|002|VAG|002 -> VAG -> 21.00.00.E0.8B.81.4C.F9 Ho|002|BigUnit|001 -> ooB -> LU.R700.87108.10336 Ho|002|BigUnit|001 -> deR -> 10336 }; my $root = {}; while(<$fh>){ s/\s+$//; my( $left, $mid, $right ) = split ' -> ', $_; my @paths = map { \$_ } split(/\|/, $left), $mid; DiveVal( $root, @paths ) = $right; } dd $root; __END__ { Ho => { "001" => { BigUnit => { "001" => { deR => 8234, ooB => "LU.R700.87108.8234" }, "002" => { deR => 8235, ooB => "LU.R700.87108.8235" }, }, nom => "rapidqa", ooB => "Ho.62", VAG => { "001" => { VAG => "21.00.00.E0.8B.80.7E.7D" }, "002" => { VAG => "21.00.00.E0.8B.80.E7.7F" }, }, }, "002" => { BigUnit => { "001" => { deR => 10336, ooB => "LU.R700.87108.10336" } }, nom => "sapfvir03", ooB => "Ho.107", VAG => { "001" => { VAG => "21.00.00.E0.8B.81.D7.F6" }, "002" => { VAG => "21.00.00.E0.8B.81.4C.F9" }, }, }, }, }