foreach $file (@cad_err_list) { chomp($file); $err_loan_id1 = `grep 'DataDictionary' $file`; @err_loan_id2 = split( //, $err_loan_id1 ); $reqd_1 = $err_loan_id2[0]; @err_loan_id3 = split( /\s/, $reqd_1 ); $reqd_2 = $err_loan_id32; @err_loan_id = split( />/, $reqd_2 ); }