FIlE: Users.txt------------------------------ jblow::1337:21::::Joe Blow:/Network/Servers/schoolserv.domain/Volumes/UserFiles/Users/jblow::/bin/bash::afp\://same.ip.here/User%20Filesjblow:\ \ kAPOPRequired\ APOPNotRequired\ kAltMailStoreLoc\ \ kAttributeVersion\ Apple Mail 1.0\ kAutoForwardValue\ \ kIMAPLoginState\ IMAPAllowed\ kMailAccountLocation\ 142.176.189.139\ kMailAccountState\ Enabled\ kPOP3LoginState\ POP3Allowed\ kUserDiskQuota\ 0\ \ ::\ \ \ \ simultaneous_login_enabled\ \ \ \ --------------------EOF-Section----------------------- #### jblow::1337:21::::Joe Blow:/Network/Servers/schoolserv.domain/Volumes/UserFiles/Users/jblow::/bin/bash::afp\://same.ip.here/User%20Filesjblow:\ #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; @numarray= open (NUMLONG, "<$oldfile") or die "Error opening $oldfile : $!"; @shortarray = open (SHORTLONG, "<$newfile") or die "Error opening $newfile : $!"; sub sessionclean { my $x = 0 foreach $key (@shortarray) if ($key =~ /\:{2}\d+\:{4}/) { } else { # ignore } } }