All, wasn't sure if this was received b/c I got a reurne to sender error.
How can I print certain fields delimited by ' '? In awk I would write awk '{print $1, $6}' filename Here is an out file that I want to grab data from : 04/29/04 11:00:28 [ 6687:ebexpire, [EMAIL PROTECTED] E00796 9840S 537 2B0234233543E6A4 04/29/04 11:00:28 [ 6687:ebexpire, [EMAIL PROTECTED] E00830 9840S 571 D402325A8345ABDE 04/29/04 11:00:28 [ 6687:ebexpire, [EMAIL PROTECTED] E00066 9840S 127 5202333193B75CBB 04/29/04 11:00:28 [ 6687:ebexpire, [EMAIL PROTECTED] E00501 9840S 168 4B0233BABA5813F6 I want fields one two and six or the date, time and E string. Does it matter whether I use a foreach or a while (<filehandle>) ? thank you again ! Derek B. Smith OhioHealth IT UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams 614-566-4145