use strict; my @atoms = qw(123 456 789); # use: open(FH, ">somefile.txt") if perl -v < 5.6.0 open(my $fh, ">", "somefile.txt") or die("ack - $!"); print $fh $_,$/ for @atoms; close $fh; __END__ shell> cat somefile.txt 123 456 789 #### my @atoms = ([qw(123 231 312)], [qw(456 564 646)], [qw(789 897 978)]); open(my $fh, ">", "somefile.txt") or die("ack - $!"); print $fh "@$_", $/ for @atoms; close $fh; __END__ shell> cat somefile.txt 123 231 312 456 564 646 789 897 978