chomp $_;

            # Split the line by whitespace
            my @array = split (/\s+/, $_);

            # If the first column of a line is blank whitespace, shift it out so the
            # first column corresponds to actual user viewable data, which is the way
            # a user will count the columns, ignoring leading whitespace.
            if ($array[0] eq "") {
                shift (@array)
            }