#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @histofeld = (); open my $input_file, '<', 'data.txt' or die "$!"; while (my $input_buffer = <$input_file>) { chomp $input_buffer; my @data = split(',',$input_buffer); push @histofeld, @data; } close $input_file; print Dumper \@histofeld; __END__ ~/PerlMonks$ perl test.pl data.txt $VAR1 = [ '1', '5', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '3', '3', '5', '5', '5', '7', '2', '2', '2', '6', '7', '8', '9', '15', '17', '3', '4', '5', '6', '5', '7', '2', '3' ]; #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my @histofeld = (); open my $input_file, '<', 'data.txt' or die "$!"; while (my $input_buffer = <$input_file>) { chomp $input_buffer; my @data = split(',',$input_buffer); push @histofeld, [ @data ]; } close $input_file; print Dumper \@histofeld; __END__ ~/PerlMonks$ perl test.pl data.txt $VAR1 = [ [ '1', '5', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '3', '3', '5', '5', '5', '7', '2', '2' ], [ '2', '6', '7', '8', '9', '15', '17', '3', '4', '5', '6', '5', '7', '2', '3' ] ];