while ($aline = ) { chomp($aline); @fields = split(/,/,$aline); $surn = @fields[0]; next unless $surn =~ m/^B/i; # Skip entries that don't start # with B or b. $given = @fields[1]; $suburb = @fields[2]; $pcode = @fields[3]; print ""; print "$surn"; print "$given"; print "$suburb"; print "$pcode"; print "\n"; }