my $outfile = "outfile[$name].txt"; #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $input = "transfer_to_linux.txt"; open (INPUT, "<$input"); while (my $line = ){ print "here\n"; my $name; if ($line =~ /^%(.{1,100})$/){ print "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n"; $name = $&; } my $outfile = "outfile[$name].txt"; open (OUTFILE, "+>>$outfile"); if ($line =~ /^(\d{1,6})\t(\d{3})$/){ my $count = $1; print "COUNT: $count"; my $SPSS_figures = $2; print "SPSS_figures : $SPSS_figures"; my @split = split (//, $SPSS_figures); for (my $x = 0 ; $x <= $count; $x++){ print OUTFILE "$split[1]\t$split[2]\t$split[3]\n"; } } }