#!/usr/bin/perl -w # replace.pl use strict; my $i = 1; my $file = shift or die; open FILE, $file or die; while () { # Put your replacement regex(es) here if ( ($i % 2) == 0 ) { s/^//; } else { s/^//; } s/\t/<\/td>/; s/$/<\/td><\/tr>/; $i++; print $_; }