note Chmrr <p>I'd probably do it more or less the same way you did; but for perversity's sake, here's another possibility:</p> <code>perl -ple 'BEGIN{$/="energy";<>;$.--}/.+/;$_=$..$&' filename</code> <p>perl -pe '"I lo*`+$^X$\"$]!$/"=~m%(.*)%s;$_=$1;y^`+*^e v^#$&V"+@( NO CARRIER'</p> 206239 206239