open(my $data, '<', $Config_File) or die "Could not open '$Config_File' $!\n"; my $reg_exp; my $severity; my @fields=(); while (my $line = <$data>) { chomp $line; if(!$line =~ /^$/) { @fields = split "," , $line; $reg_exp = $fields[0]; $severity = $fields[1]; print $reg_exp; } } #print $fields[0]; #last unless defined $line; close($data) ;