Hi guys, I'm not sure why the first regex (see below) does not grep the correct line. The 2nd one does. (but it greps the whole line and not only the part I want to have since the delimiter is \n) Would be nice if you could give me a hint what I'm doing wrong with the first regex: I want to grep only the part from "Date:" til "2002".
Line: Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:09:50 +0000 (GMT) regex 1: ($date) = grep (m/(?=Date:(\n+\w+),)\s{1,2}\d{1,2}\s{1,2}\w{3}\s{1,2}\d{4}\s/,@mail); regex 2: ($date) -= grep (m/(?=Date:)(.*)\n/,@mail); Thanks for your hints in advance. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]