use strict; use warnings; open my $input_fh, "<", "test.txt" or die "open error: $!"; open my $sample_fh, ">", "sample.txt" or die "open error: $!"; open my $good_fh, ">", "good.txt" or die "open error: $!"; while (<$input_fh>) { if (/^sample\s+(\S+)/) { print $sample_fh $1, "\n"; } elsif (/^good\s+(\S+)/) { print $good_fh $1, "\n"; } } close $input_fh; close $sample_fh; close $good_fh;