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; } }