Hi all Iam new to perl so please bear with me
i have a log file that i open to extract some information from file is like this var/backup/usersA2F.0.1_1027468994_24 var/backup/usersA2F.0.2_1027468994_24 var/backup/usersA2F.0.3_1027468994_24 var/backup/usersA2F.0.4_1027468994_24 var/backup/usersA2F.0.5_1027468994_24 var/backup/usersA2F.0.6_1027468994_24 i want a regular expression that can find only the third part i.e only usersA2F.0.1_1027468994_24 with awk i can do it easily like cat {thisfile} | awk -F'/' [{print $3 }' what is the equilent in perl ? Bobby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]