use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; foreach my $file (glob("*.ATT")) { open(my $fh, '<', $file) or die "$file: $!"; my $content = do { local $/; <$fh> }; close($fh); my ( $page_id ) = $content =~ m/^page_id=(.*)/m; my ( $site_code ) = $content =~ m/^site_code=(.*)/m; my ( $subject_id ) = $content =~ m/^subject_id=(.*)/m; my ( $page_description ) = $content =~ m/^page_description=(.*)/m; next if( $page_id =~ m/(^\s*$|\?)/ or $site_code =~ m/(^\s*$|\?)/ or $subject_id =~ m/(^\s*$|\?)/ ); $page_description .= "some text - $page_id"; $content =~ s/^page_description=.*/page_description=$page_description/m; print "$content"; }