#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $line = "test1 22/11/1999 64 47 6% 263 38% 24 38% 47 73% 61 95% 63 98%"; my @stuff = split('\s+',$line); my $test1 = join("|",$stuff[0],$stuff[1],$stuff[5]); print "$test1\n";