use v5.14; my @allfiles = ; for my $file (@allfiles) { open (FILE ,'<', $file) or die $!; my $sumof = 0; while(){ my $lines = $_; my @kbused = split(/\s+/,$lines); push(my @kilo, $kbused[2]); for my $aline (@kilo){ $aline =~ s/\D//g; push (my @onlynums, $aline); $sumof += $_ for @onlynums; } } print "$sumof\n"; } close FILE;