#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use strict;

while (<DATA>) {
    chomp();
    my @rows = split(/\s+/, $_, 7);
    print join ";", @rows , "\n";
}


__DATA__
abc  322 2/3/09 aaa aadda dasdas a1 a2 a3
def  433 3/4/08 dasd bdbdbd wings b1 b2 b3 b4 b5

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

# Named column headings
my @columnNames = qw{
	name
	tel
	col3
	col4
	col5
	col6
	notes
};

while (<DATA>) {
    chomp();
    my @rows = split(/\s+/, $_, scalar(@columnNames)); 
    
    my %headings;
    @headings{@columnNames} = @rows;
    print "Dump headings hash: ".Dumper(\%headings)."\n";
}


__DATA__
abc  322 2/3/09 aaa aadda dasdas a1 a2 a3
def  433 3/4/08 dasd bdbdbd wings b1 b2 b3 b4 b5