my $file_name = ...; my $kwd = ...; open my $fh, '<', $file_name or die("Unable to open file \"$file_name\": $!\n"); local $/ = ""; while (<$fh>) { chomp; my @fields = split /:/, $_; if ($fields[1] eq $kwd) { print "$_\n\n"; } } #### my $fn_in = ...; my $fn_out = ...; my $kwd = ...; open my $fh_in, '<', $fn_in or die("Unable to open file \"$fn_in\": $!\n"); open my $fh_out, '>', $fn_out or die("Unable to create file \"$fn_out\": $!\n"); local $/ = ""; while (<$fh_in>) { chomp; my @fields = split /:/, $_; if ($fields[1] eq $kwd) { print $fh_out "$_\n\n"; } }