note kennethk You could simplify the split to <c>\n\n+</c> or something similar, but then you need to modify something else to keep the records newline separated. I'm willing to go to pretty extreme lengths to keep <c>print if /RAM socket/ && !/Not Installed/</c> clean just because of personal taste. TIMTOWTDI. <p><c>dmidecode | perl -e 'undef $/;/RAM socket/ && !/Not Installed/ && s/$/\n\n/ && print for split /\n\n+/, <>'</c> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-712372"> <hr /> <p>#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.</p> </div></div> 1010730 1010737