use strict; use warnings; while () { next unless m/EUR\/USD/; chomp; my ($currency, $amount, $time) = split /\s*,\s*/; $currency =~ s/\d*\s*//g; print "$currency: $amount at $time\n"; } __DATA__ 1 EUR/USD ,1.35590 ,13:09:31 2 EUR/JPY , 129.872 ,13:09:29 3 GBP/JPY , 138.009 ,13:09:32 4 AUD/JPY , 65.939 ,13:09:30 5 EUR/USD ,1.35592 ,13:09:35 6 EUR/JPY , 129.866 ,13:09:35 7 GBP/JPY , 137.999 ,13:09:35 8 AUD/JPY , 65.938 ,13:09:35 9 EUR/USD ,1.35592 ,13:09:35 10 EUR/JPY , 129.866 ,13:09:35 11 GBP/JPY , 137.999 ,13:09:35 12 AUD/JPY , 65.938 ,13:09:35 13 EUR/USD ,1.35592 ,13:09:35 14 EUR/JPY , 129.866 ,13:09:35 15 GBP/JPY , 137.999 ,13:09:35 16 AUD/JPY , 65.938 ,13:09:35 17 EUR/USD ,1.35592 ,13:09:35 18 EUR/JPY , 129.866 ,13:09:35 19 GBP/JPY , 137.999 ,13:09:35