use strict; use warnings; while () { chomp; print "Use character position for name - $NAME1\n"; my $batchID = (split/[ ]+/)[1]; my ( $Name,$File) = (split/[ ]+[ ]+[0-9]+[ ]+[ ]+/)[0,1]; print "$Name has $File and BatchID is $batchID\n\n"; } #username BatchID Filename size Date Status Owner __DATA__ user1 1718 test2.txt.542 46 11/07/08-15:45 CREMFZ roadtest user1 1715 MIGRATE.DLL.698 40960 11/07/08-15:46 CREMFY roadtest user1 1712 New Microsoft Word Docu 35840 11/07/08-15:46 CREMFY roadtest user2 1707 amanda test 1 .doc.411 24064 11/07/08-15:47 CREMFY roadtest user2 1706 amanda test 1 .doc.544 24064 11/07/08-15:47 CREMFY roadtest user2 1705 amanda test 1 .doc.55 24064 11/07/08-15:47 CREMFY roadtest user3 1702 amanda test 2 .doc.322 24064 11/07/08-15:47 CREMFY roadtest user3 1701 amanda test 2 .doc.610 24064 11/07/08-15:47 CREMFY roadtest user3 1699 amanda test 2.doc.829 24064 11/07/08-15:47 CREMFY roadtest