#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; while () { my @tokens = split ' ', $_; printf "%-10s %-10s %-10s %-10s %-10s\n", @tokens; } =prints TECH SCANNER WEBSERVER TALKTOME TRAINING TESTING MOBILE TECHADMIN CIRCADMIN MANAGERS =cut __DATA__ TECH SCANNER WEBSERVER TALKTOME TRAINING TESTING MOBILE TECHADMIN CIRCADMIN MANAGERS #### while () { my @tokens = split ' ', $_; my $format = '%-10s ' x @tokens; printf "$format\n", @tokens; }