#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; open TEXTDAT, '<', "text.txt" or die $!; for 0..4; my $merker = ''; my @array; while( ) { chomp; my @daten = split /!/, $_; if($merker != $daten[1]) { $merker = $daten[1]; $hits++; push @array, $merker; } } close TEXTDAT;