use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %data; my $fsm = 1; my $m = ''; my $i = ''; while() { chomp; if (/^INSTANCE:\s+(\S+)/) { $m = ''; $i = $1; } elsif (/^MODULE:\s+(\S+)/) { $m = $1; $i = ''; } elsif (/^Fsm\s+(\S+)/) { next if !$fsm; if ($m) { $data{'module'}->{$m} = $1; } else { $data{'instance'}->{$i} = $1; } } elsif (/^State\s+(\S+)/) { next if !$fsm; $data{'state'} = $1; } elsif (/^Transition\s+(\S+)/) { next if !$fsm; $data{'transition'} = $1; } } print Dumper(\%data); __DATA__ INSTANCE: i_name Fsm f_name State s_name1 # Transition t_name # State s_name2