$ cat > xxx.csv Fred,male,25 Beth,female,31 Joe,male,22 $ cat > xxx #!/usr/bin/perl # use strict; use warnings; while ( <> ) # Read the file supplied as argument { chomp; # Remove line terminator my( $name, $sex, $age ) = split m{,}; printf qq{Name: %s\n Sex: %s\n Age: %s\n-----\n}, $name, $sex, $age; } $ chmod +x xxx $ ./xxx xxx.csv Name: Fred Sex: male Age: 25 ----- Name: Beth Sex: female Age: 31 ----- Name: Joe Sex: male Age: 22 ----- $