ok, that shouldn't be that hard if every line is in the same format. open FILE,"somefile.log"; while (<FILE>) { $string = $_; $string =~ s/\[(\d{2})\/(\w{3})\/(\d{4}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\+0000\]//; } close FILE;
$1 is the day, $2 the month $3 the year , $4 the hour $5 the minutes, $6 the seconds again untested code, but something like that should work -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]