"value 1","something else","other stuff" "asdf123","omg","hope this works" "more tests","testy","blah" #### #!/usr/bin/perl $file = "new.txt"; open(FILE, $file) or die "$!\n"; @data = ; close(FILE); foreach $entry (@data) { ($var1, $var2, $var3) = split(/\"\W\"\,/, $entry); print "Var1: $var1\n"; print "Var2: $var2\n"; print "Var3: $var3\n"; } #### "",