use strict; use warnings; while (my $line = ) { chomp $line; my @cols = split /,/, $line; my @third = split /\./, $cols[2]; print join(',', @cols), "\n" if @third < 3; } __DATA__ cls1,37,Media.vdenc.abcunit,media_vd cls2,7,Media.Wigig.plsunit,media_vd cls3,27,Media.vdenc,media_vd cls4,47,Media.hevc,media_vd cls5,57,Media.ENC,media_vd