Perlers I need to remove any line that begins with \d+ yet end with \s* Here is the data
_BEGIN_DATA_ 0 2005/09/23 17:25 221 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02043 1 2005/06/03 04:11 524 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02017 2 2005/06/10 00:12 592 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02018 3 2005/06/12 12:36 513 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02001 4 2005/03/05 05:11 766 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02000 5 2005/02/16 07:07 696 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02003 6 2005/02/26 02:02 604 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02004 7 2005/03/15 02:56 166 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02003 8 2005/03/12 05:30 750 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02002 9 2005/03/19 23:27 645 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02005 10 2005/03/20 16:46 432 100% -il-o-b---Uf sf F02006 11 2005/03/24 03:59 121 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02004 12 2006/01/22 18:21 204 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02060 13 2006/01/25 13:55 400 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02056 14 2005/06/17 06:45 484 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02019 15 2005/03/24 04:03 119 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02008 16 2005/03/24 04:05 139 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02009 17 2005/03/24 04:02 125 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02007 18 2005/08/14 16:54 101 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02043 19 2005/06/23 04:53 487 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02020 20 2005/09/29 07:43 281 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02041 21 2005/04/02 22:48 592 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02013 22 2005/04/06 07:17 352 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02019 23 2005/04/10 01:38 631 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02014 24 2005/04/18 06:56 665 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02015 25 2005/04/21 07:28 251 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02020 26 2005/04/24 09:42 282 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02022 27 2005/04/27 04:36 603 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02016 28 2005/04/29 01:50 576 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02007 29 2005/05/04 04:41 569 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02008 30 2005/06/30 05:17 428 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02022 31 2005/05/09 17:43 421 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02023 32 2005/05/12 04:09 498 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02009 33 2005/06/25 08:35 100 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02002 34 2005/08/22 15:38 152 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02044 35 2005/06/30 19:32 224 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02024 36 2005/08/24 19:01 354 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02037 37 2005/07/06 12:57 476 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02023 38 2005/07/06 21:32 153 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02025 39 2005/05/25 09:03 191 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02026 40 2005/06/02 18:17 183 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02027 41 2005/06/14 14:13 97 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02029 42 2005/06/09 14:20 208 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02030 43 2005/06/22 08:04 212 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02031 44 2005/05/19 02:47 407 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02010 45 2005/06/27 20:56 114 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02032 46 2005/07/01 10:07 111 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02033 47 2005/07/08 11:49 196 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02021 48 2005/07/10 09:26 26 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02028 49 2005/07/13 05:06 421 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02024 50 2005/07/18 09:17 403 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02025 51 2005/07/20 17:28 179 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02034 52 2005/07/23 15:09 333 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02026 53 2005/07/29 10:24 379 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02027 54 2005/07/29 11:58 509 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02011 55 2005/08/04 05:00 68 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02042 56 2005/08/15 16:53 93 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02038 57 2005/08/05 11:12 335 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02035 58 2005/08/05 18:06 61 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02036 59 2005/08/08 20:55 435 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02029 60 2005/08/17 20:42 351 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02028 61 2005/08/11 16:10 199 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02037 62 2005/09/04 18:04 78 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02049 63 2005/09/07 01:35 339 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02039 64 2005/09/07 11:10 323 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02030 65 2005/08/31 13:06 267 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02038 66 2005/09/01 20:16 228 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02045 67 2005/09/11 13:02 202 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02050 68 2005/09/12 10:30 82 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02046 69 2005/09/13 08:44 340 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02040 70 2005/09/19 09:03 310 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02042 71 2005/10/04 12:42 286 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02031 72 2005/10/07 17:12 524 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02053 73 2005/10/10 13:23 288 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02044 74 none 0 0% -il-o------- sf H02005 75 2005/10/14 15:26 234 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02032 76 2005/10/19 20:12 256 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02033 77 2005/10/25 11:46 273 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02034 78 2005/10/30 18:15 260 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02035 79 2005/11/02 14:28 521 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02047 80 2005/11/04 01:57 56 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02048 81 none 0 0% -il-o------- sf H02006 82 2005/11/05 13:08 206 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02045 83 2005/11/08 04:27 80 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02051 84 2005/11/11 10:46 195 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02046 85 2005/11/18 13:58 225 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02047 86 2005/11/25 12:02 284 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02036 87 2005/11/26 12:05 202 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02048 88 2005/12/02 13:00 212 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02049 89 2005/12/07 13:40 214 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02050 90 2005/12/16 14:57 208 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02052 91 2005/12/18 07:11 236 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02051 92 2005/12/23 18:49 225 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02054 93 2005/12/29 14:00 466 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02055 94 2005/12/30 14:54 277 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02055 95 2005/12/30 18:04 15 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02056 96 2005/12/30 18:18 379 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02054 97 98 2006/01/09 23:15 220 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02058 99 100 2006/01/16 10:14 215 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02059 101 103 2006/01/28 02:27 156 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02061 104 2006/01/28 03:45 248 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02057 105 2006/01/29 21:53 260 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02052 106 2006/02/03 13:26 201 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02062 107 2006/02/09 14:50 194 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02063 108 2006/02/17 09:48 171 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02064 109 110 2006/02/18 00:26 273 100% -il-o-b---U- sf H02000 111 2006/02/20 06:15 204 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02021 _END_DATA_ Here is what I came up with and it works but any other ideas b/c I am unsure for every line with "2006/01/16 10:14 215 100% -il-o-b---U- sf F02059" for example will have a length of 62 or more. thank you! use strict; use warnings; open (L999, "samcmd v4 999 |" ) or die "unable to open pipe... Broken? $!"; for (;<L999>;) { if ($lc > 7) { if (length $_ >= 62) { print $_; } #y{-,%,[ilbodsgfER]}//d; #$ns=substr($_,30); #$fa[$O++] = $ns if (substr($ns, 1,3) == 100); } $lc++; } Derek B. Smith OhioHealth IT UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>