#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $le = 'lethal_results.txt'; open my $in, '<', $le or die "Cannot open $le:$!\n"; while (<$in>) { chomp; my $foo = (split)[4]; print "$foo\n" if $foo >= 50; } close $in; #### perl -lane 'print $F[4] if $F[4] >= 50' < lethal_results.txt