First Line: I want mylocationbase, I want Mon 13Mar06 11:00:25, and I want 18bn5489 of which all of this data will change, but the data around it will stay static as these lines repeat over and over. Second Line: I want to skip per the ) at the end. Third Line: I want to skip per the .sta at the end. e:\logfiles\mylocationbase.log [3] Mon 13Mar06 11:00:25 - (000558) Sending file d:\data\18bn5489.dat e:\logfiles\mylocationbase.log [3] Mon 13Mar06 11:00:31 - (000558) Sent file d:\data\18bn5489.dat successfully (169 Kb/sec - 1049600 bytes) e:\logfiles\mylocationbase.log [3] Mon 13Mar06 11:00:32 - (000558) Sending file d:\bnsf_data\18bn5489.sta