open FH,") { #reading line from a file one by one if((split '\*',$_)==3) #splitting the line by using '*' and checking whether the split returns three which means three filds in it { push @arr1,$_ ; #pushing that line to an array1 } else { push @arr2,$_; #pushing that line to an array2 if it isn't having three fields in it } } print "Lines with two *'s in it\n"; print @arr1; print "Lines with two *'s in it\n"; print @arr2; close FH; #closing the file handle