1424621700, 2015-02-22 16:15:00, 4294.700 1424621760, 2015-02-22 16:16:00, 4289.700 1424621820, 2015-02-22 16:17:00, 4299.800 1424621880, 2015-02-22 16:18:00, 4302.800 1424621940, 2015-02-22 16:19:00, 4296.900 1424622000, 2015-02-22 16:20:00, 4301.000 1424622060, 2015-02-22 16:21:00, 4300.300 #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $file = $ARGV[0]; open (RAW, "./$file") or die "Can't open $file for read: $!"; open (OUT, ">./OUTPUT_$file") or die "Can't open Output_$file: $!"; while() { my $line = $_; chop($line); next if ($line =~ /!/); my @splits = split (',', $line); my $first_value = @splits[0]; print "$first_value\n"; }