#! perl use strict; { $/ = "myrecordsep\n"; scalar ; ##discard the first; while () { chomp; print "'$_'\n"; } } __DATA__ myrecordsep field1=item1 field2=item2 myrecordsep field1=item1 field2=item2 myrecordsep field1=item1 field2=item2 myrecordsep field1=item1 field2=item2