use warnings; use strict; while () { chomp; my @arr = split /\s/,$_; print "$arr[4] $arr[5] "; for (6..$#arr){ if ($arr[$_] eq 'name'){ print "$arr[$_] $arr[$_+1]\n"; last; } } } __DATA__ A B C . id "ABS0056"; D; E; F; G; name "SAM"; H; I; J; K; A B C . id "ABS0059"; D; E; F; name "JOE"; G; H; I; J; K; A B C . id "ABS0060"; D; E; F; G; name "MARY"; H; I; J; K; A B C . id "ABS0057"; D; E; F; G; H; name "BILL"; I; J; K; A B C . id "ABS0065"; D; E; name "RONIE"; F; G; H; I; J; K; A B C . id "ABS0061"; D; E; F; G; name "STEPHAN"; H; I; J; K;