diff --git a/tools/inventory.pl b/tools/inventory.pl
index 8df02abba2..dd67e4d52f 100755
--- a/tools/inventory.pl
+++ b/tools/inventory.pl
@@ -154,10 +154,7 @@ if ( $uploadbarcodes && length($uploadbarcodes) > 0 ) {
     my $lines_read=0;
     binmode($uploadbarcodes, ":encoding(UTF-8)");
     while (my $barcode=<$uploadbarcodes>) {
-        $barcode =~ s/\r/\n/g;
-        $barcode =~ s/\n\n/\n/g;
-        my @data = split(/\n/,$barcode);
-        push @uploadedbarcodes, @data;
+        push @uploadedbarcodes, grep { /\S/ } split( /[\n\r,;|-]/, $barcode );
     }
     for my $barcode (@uploadedbarcodes) {
         next unless $barcode;