use strict; use warnings; # Example line: # e:\logfiles\beardstownbase.log [3] Thu 22Jun06 08:07:19 - (006415) Sent file d:\data\58bn5904.dat successfully (25.0 Kb/sec - 859216 bytes) # Desired: # beardstownbase,Thu 22Jun06 08:07:19,58bn5904,859216 bytes my $re_date = qr< (?:Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat) \s \d{1,2} # Day of month (?:Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec) # Month \d{2} # Two digit year \s \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} >x; my $pattern = qr< e:\\logfiles\\(.*?) # Capture(1) filename \s \[\d+\] # Bracketed number \s ($re_date) # Capture(2) date \s - \s \(\d+\) # number in parens \s Sent \s file \s d:\\data\\(.*?)\.dat # Capture(3) file basename \s successfully \s \( [0-9.]+ \s [A-Z]b /sec [ ] - [ ] (\d+ \s bytes) # Capture(4) bytes text \) >x; while (my $line = ) { if ($line =~ /$pattern/) { my ($logfile, $date, $file_basename, $bytes) = ($1,$2,$3,$4); printf "(%s) (%s) (%s) (%s)\n", $logfile,$date,$file_basename, $bytes; } } __DATA__ e:\logfiles\beardstownbase.log [3] Thu 22Jun06 08:07:19 - (006415) Sent file d:\data\58bn5904.dat successfully (25.0 Kb/sec - 859216 bytes)