#!/usr/bin/perl-Tw use strict; use Text::ParseWords; open(DATA,"textfile.dat") || die "Cannot open datfile: $!\n"; my @data; my $i = 0; while () { chomp; last if /^"EOS"$/; { @data = "ewords('\s+', 0, q(DATA)); } foreach (@data) { print "$i: <$_>\n"; $i++; } } #### "PER" "A1" "Desiree" "Leppala"01261907 999-99-9999 "ADR" "A1" "264 E Dekora St NO 1" "Saukville""WI" 53080 "EOS" #### 0, PER 1, A1 2, Desiree 3, Leppala ... 13, 53080