my $line =~ s/, City of/c City of/g; my $line =~ s/, County of/c County of/g; if ( $line =~ m/^([^,]+),([^,]+),[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+,[\d|\.]+/ ) { my $line =~ s/c City of/, City of/g; my $line =~ s/c County of/, County of/g;