#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @records = ; for (0 .. $#records) { print $records[$_] . $records[$_ + 1] if ( $records[$_] =~ /\{TT\}/ ); } __DATA__ S 9912290449 00005941^B{TT} D {TAG} 9912290449 {PUBLICATION} THE OS {DATE} 000101 S 9912290450 00005941^B{TT} R {TAG} 9912290450 {DATE} 000101 {TDATE} Saturday, January 1, 2000 S 9912290451 00005941^B{TT} D {TAG} 9912290451 {DATE} 000101 {TDATE} Saturday, January 1, 2000