knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' > my $line = q{May 2 04:06:15 lon-pop.mail.mydom.com pop3login: LOGOUT, user=gonenow, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], top=0, retr=0, rcvd=24, sent=5560, time=1}; > my ( $mon, $day, $time, $dom, $login, $remainder ) = > split m{:?\s+}, $line, 6; > my %monthNos = do { > my $no = 0; > map { $_ => ++ $no } > qw{ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec }; > }; > > my $yr = q{2012}; > my $csv = sprintf q{%02d/%02d/%s %s,%s,%s,%s}, > $day, $monthNos{ $mon }, $yr, $time, $dom, $login, $remainder; > > say $csv;' 02/05/2012 04:06:15,lon-pop.mail.mydom.com,pop3login,LOGOUT, user=gonenow, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], top=0, retr=0, rcvd=24, sent=5560, time=1 knoppix@Microknoppix:~$