Ernie Tucker wrote: > > I have a file with the following data in it. What I am trying to do is just > grab the mac id. Is there a good way to do this in perl. I tried to grep on > just 00 but that gave me more info than what I need. Thanks for any help. > > 0008.0e39.ad80 > Account: 10391-xxxxx > Name: glusick, dave > Status: scheduled > Install Date: 2002-06-03 > Address: 850 xxxxxx, > sun prarie, wi 53590 > Phone: (608) xxx-xxxx > Headend: athome > Node: > ================================================== > 0004.bdca.04a0 > Account: 10391-xxxxx > Name: NUNN, ROBBIE > Status: scheduled > Install Date: 2002-06-03 > Address: 1106 N xxxxx, > SUN PRAIRIE, WI 53590 > Phone: (608) xxx-xxxx > Headend: athome > Node:
perl -lne'/^[[:xdigit:]]{4}(?:\.[[:xdigit:]]{4}){2}$/&&print' yourfile John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]