#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $calog = "/var/log/ca/ca.log"; my $line; my @certs; open LOG, "$calog" or die "Can't open $calog: $!\n"; while ($line = ){ if ($line =~ m/added/) { @certs = $line =~ m!\'[-.\w]+\'!g; print @certs; } #end if } #end while