col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 1234 5678 9012 3456 7890 #### col1 col2 cYl2 col3 col4 col5 1234 5678 5Y78 9012 3456 7890 #### use strict; use warnings; my $line; while($line=<>){ chomp $line; $line =~ s/(.{5})(.{4})(.*)/$1$2 $2$3/; $line =~ s/(.{11}).(.*)/$1Y$2/; print $line."\n"; }