@ARGV = glob "SMSCDR*$date$hour$minute*.log"; my $SMPP_count; my $stamp = "$hour:$min:$sec"; while(<>){ chomp; my @ary = (split '|')[0,9,12]; $SMPP_count++ if $ary[0] eq $stamp and $ary[1] eq "Submit" and $ary[2] =~ /(GSM|SMPP)/; }; print $SMPP_count;