use strict; use warnings; my $MAX_FILE_SIZE = 10_000_000_000; my $num = 0; my $next_outfile = sub { open my $OUT, '>', 'file_' . (++$num) or die $!; return $OUT; } my $OUTPUT; my $curr_size; my $process_chunk = sub { my $chunk = shift; if(not defined $curr_size or $curr_size + length($chunk) > $MAX_FILE_SIZE) { $OUTPUT = $next_outfile->(); $curr_size = 0; } $curr_size += length($chunk); print $OUTPUT $chunk; }; my $chunk; while(my $line = ) { if($line =~ /^100/) { $process_chunk->($chunk); $chunk = ''; } $chunk .= $line; }