#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; while (my $line=) { chomp $line; my @f=split(",",$line); my $fmt = sprintf("%s","%10s" x 5) . "\n"; printf $fmt,@f; } __END__ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ 123456,12/01/2004,ABCDEFG,12345 ,XYZ #### 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ 12345612/01/2004 ABCDEFG 12345 XYZ