#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.012; # 948541 my @arr = ; for $_(@arr) { if ( $_ =~ /([a-z 0-9\+\.]+?)(\d{0,3},{0,1}\d{0,3},{0,1}\d{1,3}) K/i ) { #1 my $processname = $1; my $memory = $2; say "$memory --- $processname"; } } #1 NB this regex allows for entries as small as 1K -- a condition # of which you might want to be aware. =head output: 1,788,180 --- disp+work.exe 3380 Console 0 2,787,204 --- sqlservr.exe 1768 Console 0 1,078,120 --- jlaunch.exe 4608 0 1,830,376 --- sqlservr.exe 1812 0 488,716 --- disp+work.exe 4772 0 17 --- proc 9412 Console 0 =cut __DATA__ disp+work.exe 3380 Console 0 1,788,180 K sqlservr.exe 1768 Console 0 2,787,204 K jlaunch.exe 4608 0 1,078,120 K sqlservr.exe 1812 0 1,830,376 K disp+work.exe 4772 0 488,716 K small_proc 9412 Console 0 17 K