open(IN,"input.txt") or die("Can't open input.txt"); while() { chomp; magic code here ... ??? print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_No} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_Lname} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_Fname} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_SSN} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_DOB} \n"; print "$Employee_Rec->{Emp_aka} \n"; } close(IN);