#!/usr/bin/perl use v5.12.2; use warnings; use strict; while () { $_ =~ /(\d\d)[:;](\d\d)[:;](\d\d)/; my $hours = $1; my $minutes = $2; my $seconds = $3; print "$hours,$minutes,$seconds\n" } __DATA__ 01:23:45 06:54;32 23;45:16