open(QUEUES, $queuecmd); my @lines=; close QUEUES; my @queues = grep {s/.*count= *(\d+),.* Queue=or_event_queue\s*/$1/} @lines; print "$queues[0]\n"; #### Host 'server02' connected ============================================================ Hostname: 'server02' count= 0, delivering= 0, Queue=opr_action_launch_queue count= 0, delivering= 0, Queue=queue/alert_engine_notification count= 3079, delivering= 0, Queue=or_event_queue count= 0, delivering= 0, Queue=recipient_notification count= 0, delivering= 0, Queue=queue/alert_engine_alert count= 0, delivering= 0, Queue=failed_recipient_notification