#win quotation perl -e "print join '|',split /[{}\s]+/,$ARGV[0]" "{31 0} {26 0} {6 10} {17 0}" |31|0|26|0|6|10|17|0 #### perl -e "print map{s/\s?{/I am /g;s/(\d{1,3})\s/$1 years old and /g;s/(\d{1,3})}/$1 months old.\n/g;qq($_\n)}@ARGV" "{31 0} {26 0} {6 10} {17 0}" I am 31 years old and 0 months old. I am 26 years old and 0 months old. I am 6 years old and 10 months old. I am 17 years old and 0 months old.