@files=glob"SBNUM_*.txt"; open OUTFILE, ">v2test.txt" or die "Could not create outfile!"; foreach $ARG(@files){ open INFILE, "<$ARG" or die "CANNOTOPENINFILE"; while () { if (m/^(\d\d\d),-->(\d\d\d),.(\d\d\d),-->(\d\d\d),/s) { print OUTFILE "\n$1,-->$4,"; } } }