#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; #open my $F, '>', $file or die "can't open $!\n"; while (my $line = ) { chomp $line; my ( $date, $version ) = $line =~ m{ \A Info: \s (.*?):Building.*? version \s ([\d\.]+) }xms; print "$date $version \n"; } __DATA__ Info: Wed Mar 28 18:53:03 2007:Building IVR Designer version 06.00.08.... Info: Wed Mar 28 18:53:03 2007:Building IVR Designer version 06.00.08.... Info: Wed Mar 28 18:56:31 2007:Building IVR Designer version 6.0 Completed !!