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Use as perl -n0 thisScript theDataFile >outputFile 

#! perl
use strict;

s[
    Optimized \s Parameters
    (?: .+? \n ){5}
    (.+?)
    -+ \n GradGrad
]{
    print "$_\n" for map{ (split)[ 2 ] } split "\n", $1;
}gsex or warn 'No match';;

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Against your sample (with some junk before and after) produces: 

C:\test>perl -n0 junk9.pl junk2.dat
1.1136
1.3392
117.4979
0.9929

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Re^2: Parsing Guassian '03 Log Files
by Andrew_Levenson (Hermit) on Jan 31, 2008 at 06:18 UTC
    That's fantastic, thank you. I'll test and tinker with it when I get to the lab tomorrow, see if I can't devise some solution of my own given your guidance. 
    


C(qw/74 97 104 112/);sub C{while(@_){$c**=$C;print
(map{chr($C!=$c?shift:pop)}$_),$C+=@_%2!=1?1:0}}

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