open my $fh2, '<', '/tmp/mlist.txt' or die "unable to open file '$file' for reading : $!"; open my $fh9, '>', '/tmp/listk.txt' or die "unable to open file '$file' for reading : $!"; while (<$fh2>) { my @fields = split(',', $_); local $" = ','; if ($fields[2] eq '1' || $fields[2] eq '0') { print $fh9 "@fields[4]\n" if /MONTHLY/ && !/,-,/; } } close $fh2; close $fh9; #### open my $bpfh1, '<', \$forbpjoutput or die $!; while (<$bpfh1>) { my @fields = split(',', $_); my $fields; local $" = ','; if ($fields[2] eq '1' ||$fields[2] eq '0') { print "THESE ARE THE>>> $fields[4]\n" if /MONTHLY/ && !/,-,/; close $bpfh1; } }