while () { s/^[ ]*//g; s/[ ]*$//g; s/\:000[A,P]M//g; s/99991231//g; s/Jan 1 1900 12:00:00//g; s/[ ]*\~\t\~[ ]*/~/g; @INPUT_FIELDS = split /~/, $_; for ($i=0; $i<=$#PROC_FIELDS; $i++) { $MY_INDEX = $PROC_FIELDS[$i] - 1; if ( $INPUT_FIELDS[$MY_INDEX] =~/SUN/ ) { $INPUT_FIELDS[$MY_INDEX] = ""; } } $MYLINE = join "~", @INPUT_FIELDS; print OUT_FILE $MYLINE; } close(IN_FILE); close(OUT_FILE);