while () { chomp; my ($key,$value) = split (\t,$_); $value = "\"$value\""; if ($key=~s/^\w+$/) { $simple{$key}=$value; } else { $regex{$key}=$value; } } while () { s/$key/$regex{$key}/gee foreach my $key (keys %regex); foreach (split (/\s+/,$_)) { if (exists($simple{$_})) { push (@line,$simple{$_}); } else { push (@line,$_); } } print OUT "@line\n"; }