use warnings; use strict; while () { chomp if $. == 3; print; } __DATA__ 14020493,user connected to system,11052010083612,192.168.7.8 admin,user connected,11052010091657,10.10.10.5 16053070,data from server xyz apahce=9843685 sessione abcir90458715,11052010091006,65.4.60.83