How to extract a column of data from a text document using perl?

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Steven

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I have several files containing columns created by tabs like such:

1 231 A G 0.5
2 121 C T 0.6

How can I extract the second column ONLY and create a new file containing only this column in a perl script?
How would I specifically use "split" or any other function for this particular case?
 
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