#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $secs_per_day = 60 * 60 * 24; while (my $line = ) { chomp $line; if ($line =~ m/MTIME:\s+(.*)/) { my $time = $1; my $secs = $time * $secs_per_day; print "$time days is $secs second(s)\n"; } } __END__ Output: 1.15740740740741e-05 days is 1 second(s) 0.000104166666666667 days is 9.00000000000003 second(s) __DATA__ MTIME: 1.15740740740741e-05 MTIME: 0.000104166666666667