#! perl -slw use strict; open DATA, "test2.txt" or die "Cant open file"; print "Receiptno. Consumer name Consumer no. Subdivision Type of work Phase Cheque no. Amount"; printf "%-11s %-23s %-12s %-14s %-16s %-10s %-11s %-14.2f\n", m[ ( [0-9\.]+ )\s+ ( \S+ (?: \s \S+ )? ) \s+ ( [0-9\.]+ )\s+ ( \S+ (?: \s \S+ )? ) \s+ ( \S+ (?: \s \S+ )? ) \s+ ( \S+ (?: \s \S+ )? ) \s+ ( [0-9\.]+ ) \s+ ( \S+ (?: \s \S+ )? ) \s+ ]x while ;