#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; # open a filehandle # file being read from open(my $in, "/Users/myDir/Desktop/hassan2.txt"); open(my $out, ">/Users/myDir/Desktop/hassan_out.txt"); while(<$in>){ my @fields = split /,/; my $field1 = $fields[0]; my $field2 = $fields[1]; print $out "$field1\t$field2\n"; } close($in); close($out); #### "-0.500, 4.502e-6" "-0.499, 4.474e-6" "-0.498, 4.458e-6" "-0.497, 4.445e-6" "-0.496, 4.433e-6" "-0.495, 4.421e-6" #### "-0.500 4.502e-6" "-0.499 #### -0.499 4.474e-6 -0.498 4.458e-6 -0.497 4.445e-6 -0.496 4.433e-6 -0.495 4.421e-6