"ZYZYGY3",16-AUG-2002" done,3485 #### while () { next until $. > 1; $contents[$co] = $_; next if $_ = /^done/; next if m/^\s+$/; $co++; } #### "ZYZYGY1",16-AUG-2002"(\n) "ZYZYGY2",16-AUG-2002"(\n) "ZYZYGY3",16-AUG-2002"(\n) done,3485(\n) #### "ZYZYGY1",16-AUG-2002"(\n) "ZYZYGY2",16-AUG-2002"(\n) "ZYZYGY3",16-AUG-2002"(\n) done,3485(\n) (\n)