This is what I came up with. Tested and works. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict;
open DATA, "<data.txt"; # data.txt is the logfile the ips are in open IPS, ">ips.txt"; # this is the output file with the ip list while (<DATA>) { if ($_ =~ /\[(\w+\.\w+\.\w+\.\w+)\]/) { print IPS "$1\n"; } } Chris Carver Pennswoods.net Mail Administrator > I don't mean to sound stupid, but uhhhh *scratch-scratch* what's a > READLOG open handle? ;-) > > I have about 7500+ messages in a spam folder on the mail server (in > Maildir) and I'm trying top parse them out. > > Here's my stupid script so far: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > @fileList = `ls -1`; > $filecount = "5"; > > #$makeIPList = `cat @fileList[$filecount]`; > @fileList[$filecount] =~ s/\]/\[/g; > @getIP = `grep Received\: @fileList[$filecount]`; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] =~ s/\]/\[/g; > > @split = split (/\[/, $getIP); > > print "getIP---- @getIP\n"; > print "filelist- @fileList[filecount]\n"; > > > and here's the output: > > getIP---- Received: from 24.60.195.149 > (h00a0cce008a4.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.60.195.149]) > Received: from 11.139.74.233 ([11.139.74.233]) by n7.groups.yahoo.com > with NNFMP; May, 17 2003 1:51:07 AM +0700 > Received: from 30.215.79.204 ([30.215.79.204]) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com > with SMTP; May, 17 2003 12:44:43 AM -0800 > > filelist- 1053130715.9788_5.mail2.horvitznewspapers.net,S=15311: > > I just set the counter at 5 as a test I will turn that into an > incrementing dealy when I can get it to work. I'm trying to figure out > how to make a text file with all the IP's that the spam is coming from. > > > > --Bryan > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]