while() { $yline=$_; chomp($yline); $yline =~ s/\cM\cJ|\cM|\cJ/ /g; #returns et al $yline =~ s/^\s+//g; #Leading spaces $yline =~ s/\s\s+/ /g; #Trailing spaces @yline = split (/(?<=\.)/, $yline); #splits line but retains full stop #@yline = split ($yline =~ /(.*?(?:\.|$))\s*/g);#grabs anything after #@yline = split (/\./, $yline); foreach(@yline){ print "$_\n"; }