# Open the file containing data or abort with error message open(my $fh, "<", "some_file.txt") || die "Can't open file: $!"; # Run through all lines of the file, one by one while(my $line = <$fh>) { # Break up the line on whitespace, assign columns to vars my( $score,$scorePoints, $time,$timePoints, $record,$recordPoints, $size,$sizePoints, $age,$agePoints, $diff,$diffPoints, $size2,$size2Points, $name ) = split(/\s+/,$line,13); # Check to see if name matches if($name =~ /(intrepid|triumph)/) { print "$name\n", "Time: $timePoints, Difficulty: $diffPoints\n\n"; } }