use strict ; use warnings ; my @log_data = ; my $current_pc_name ; foreach my $log_line ( @log_data ) { chomp( $log_line ); next unless( $log_line ) ; my ( $left, $right ) = split( /\:/, $log_line ) ; if( $left eq 'PCName' ) { $current_pc_name = $right ; next ; } unless( $current_pc_name ) { die( "Command $log_line assigned to no PC!!" ) ; } print "PCName:$current_pc_name\n" ; print "$log_line\n\n" ; } __DATA__ PCName: Foo1 Command1:dfie Command2:dfo Command3:dfum PCName: Foo2 Command1:dfie Command2:dfo Command3:dfum