use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $data; my $fsm = 1; my $module = ''; my $instance = ''; my $entryRef; while () { chomp; if (/^INSTANCE:\s+(\S+)/) { $module = ''; $instance = $1; } elsif (/^MODULE:\s+(\S+)/) { $module = $1; $instance = ''; } elsif (/^Fsm\s+(\S+)/) { next if !$fsm; if ($module) { $entryRef = $data->{'module'}{$module}{$1} ||= {}; } else { $entryRef = $data->{'instance'}{$instance}{$1} ||= {}; } } elsif (/^State\s+(\S+)/) { next if !$fsm; push(@{$entryRef->{'state'}}, "$1"); } elsif (/^Transition\s+(\S+)/) { next if !$fsm; push(@{$entryRef->{'transition'}}, "$1"); } } print Dumper($data); __DATA__ INSTANCE: i_name Fsm f_name State s_name1 Transition t_name State s_name2 #### $VAR1 = { 'instance' => { 'i_name' => { 'f_name' => { 'transition' => [ 't_name' ], 'state' => [ 's_name1', 's_name2' ] } } } };