example 11/12/2009 1 and 2 is done output 11/12/2009 one and two is done #### sample AU: mark bautista output should be AU: Mark Bautista #### my $filename = "input.txt"; open my $file, '<', $filename; @fileinput=<$file>; close($file); foreach $line(@fileinput) { my $Cword=($line); if($Cword=s/(^AU:\s[a-z]\s\[a-z])/(^AU:\s[A-Z]\s[A-Z])/g) { print $Cword; } #### foreach $line(@fileinput) {my $testdate=($line); if($testdate =~s/(\w{3})\s(\d{2})\,\s(\d{4})/$3\/$1\/$2/) { print $testdate;