#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; print get_time() ."\n"; my $count = 0; my $pr_regex= "program.jsp?id=1"; $count = `grep -c '$pr_regex' file.txt`; print qq|$count\n|; print "\n" .get_time() ."\n"; exit; sub get_time { my ($sec,$min,$hour,@junk) = localtime(time); $min = '0' . $min if ($min<10); $sec = '0' . $sec if ($sec<10); return qq|$hour:$min:$sec|; }