while() { chomp($_); $_ =~ s/^\s+//; $_ =~ s/\s+$//; if(($_ =~ /\A(\S+)\t(\S+)\t(\S+)\t(\S+)\t(\S+)/xmg) || ($_ =~ /number\=(\S+)/xmg)) { print "$1\t$2\t$3\t$4\t$5\t$6\n"; } }