use Template; my $template = Template->new; my $tmpl = 'table.tmpl'; my %names; while ( my $line = ) { chomp $line; my ($name,$item,$answer) = ($line =~ m/^(\w+)\s+(\w+)\s*-\s*(.*)/); push( @{ $names{$name} }, { item=>$item, answer=>$answer } ); } for my $name ( keys %names ) { my $table = { title=>$name, rows=>$names{$name} }; $template->process( $tmpl, $table, "$name.html" ) || die $template->error(); } __DATA__ Filename1 Item1 - Answer Filename1 Item2 - Answer Filename2 Item1 - Answer Filename2 Item2 - Answer