#! perl -sw use strict; m[> <(.*)>] and print "$1: ", scalar while ; __END__ P:\test>perl 330148.pl < 330148.dat $NAM: (+)-catechin Formula: C15H14O6 MolWeight: 290.26806 ChemBankID: 1254 CompoundName: (+)-catechin Calbiochem Catalog: 219250 MicroSource Catalog: 210205 $NAM: (+)-himbacine Formula: C22H35NO2 MolWeight: 345.51884 ChemBankID: 1861 CompoundName: (+)-himbacine Calbiochem Catalog: 377200 $NAM: (+)-methamphetamine Formula: C10H15N MolWeight: 149.23284 ChemBankID: 1568 CompoundName: (+)-methamphetamine MicroSource Catalog: 1900033 #### #! perl -sw use strict; local $/ = "\n> <"; m[([^>]+)>\n(.*)]sm and print "$1\n$2\n---------\n" while ; #### P:\test>perl 330148.pl < 330148.dat $NAM (+)-catechin > < --------- Formula C15H14O6 > < --------- MolWeight 290.26806 > < --------- ChemBankID 1254 > < --------- CompoundName (+)-catechin > < --------- Calbiochem Catalog 219250 > < --------- MicroSource Catalog 210205 $$$$ (+)-himbacine SMI2MOL 25 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0999 V2000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 25 1 0 0 0 0 14 25 1 0 0 0 0 M END > < --------- ....truncated for posting....