C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>type 1203224.pl use strict; use warnings; my $output = <<'END_OUT'; PEM 0: PEM 1: PEM 2: State: Online PEM 3: State: Online END_OUT while ($output =~ m/^(PEM\s\d) \: $ \n ^ \s\sState: [ ]+ (Online)$/xmg) { print "$1 $2\n"; } C:\Users\Bill\forums\monks>perl 1203224.pl PEM 2 Online PEM 3 Online