$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' > open my $inFH, q{<}, \ < ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Port Speed Duplex Flow Ctrl Link Name > ---- ----- -------- --TX-----RX-- ------ ------ > 1 10000 full no no down 1 > 2 10000 full no no down 2 > 3 10000 full no no down 3 > 4 10000 full no no down 4 > 5 10000 full no no down 5 > 6 10000 full no no down 6 > 7 10000 full no no down 7 > 8 10000 full no no down 8 > 9 10000 full no no down 9 > 10 10000 full no no down 10 > 11 10000 full no no down 11 > 12 10000 full no no down 12 > 13 10000 full no no down 13 > 14 10000 full no no down 14 > 15 10000 full no no down 15 > 16 10000 full no no down 16 > 17 1G/10G full no no down 17 > 18 1G/10G full no no down 18 > 19 1000 full no no up 19 > 20 10000 full no no down 20 > EOF > > while ( <$inFH> ) > { > next unless m{^\s*\d}; > my( $port, $speed, $link ) = ( split )[ 0, 1, 5 ]; > next unless $link eq q{up}; > say qq{port is = $port: speed is = $speed: link is = $link}; > }' port is = 19: speed is = 1000: link is = up $