#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @files = <*.in>; for my $file (@files) { open my $handle, '<', $file; chomp(my @lines = <$handle>); close $handle; open my $write, '>', "$file.sep"; my @enr_data = grep {/^99/} @lines; s/99/\n99/g for (@enr_data); close($handle); }