use strict;
# for actual use, read from an open file handle line this:
#while (my $line = <$input> {
# for testing, read from special DATA file handle
# (data will come from end of file, below DATA tag)
while( my $line = <DATA>) {
chomp $line; # remove end-of-line character
$line =~ s/^\s+//; # strip leading whitespace
next unless $line; # skip blank lines
# skip first 12 lines
next unless $. > 12; # $. contains current line number
my @columns = split(/\s+/, $line); # split columns on whitespace
my $col1 = shift @columns; # column 1 (throw away)
my $col2 = shift @columns; # column 2 (throw away)
my $col3 = shift @columns; # column 3 (special - keep this one)
my $result = sprintf("%8.3f", $col3); # special format for col 3
# loop over remaining columns, appending to result string
for my $c (@columns) {
my $data = sprintf("%10.3f", $c);
$result .= " $data"; # note the space character (ch
+ange if required)
}
print "$result\n"; # print the final result (note
+ end of line character)"
}
# my guess at the input data
__DATA__
SKIP 1
SKIP 2
SKIP 3
SKIP 4
SKIP 5
SKIP 6
SKIP 7
SKIP 8
SKIP 9
SKIP 10
SKIP 11
SKIP 12
Line_1 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
Line_2 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0
Line_3 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 1.0
Line_4 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 1.0 2.0
Line_5 0.0 0.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
update: fixed typo in "strip whitespace" regex (added '^' character)