use strict; use warnings; open my $fo, '+>>', "outfile.txt" or die "Error:$!\n"; print $fo "how r u\n"; print $fo "hey suresh their\n"; print $fo "in bangalore\n"; close $fo; open my $fi, '<', "outfile.txt" or die "Error:$!\n"; while ( my $line = <$fi> ) { print "$line"; my $a = index( $line, "suresh" ); print "$a\n"; } close $fi;