perl -MO=Deparse -F: -lane "print $F[2]" checkstatres.txt #### BEGIN { $/ = "\n"; $\ = "\n"; } LINE: while (defined($_ = )) { chomp $_; our(@F) = split(/:/, $_, 0); print $F[2]; } #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; $/ = "\n"; $\ = "\n"; open my $fh, 'cciss_vol_status /dev/ciss0 |'; while (defined($_ = <$fh>)) { chomp $_; our(@F) = split(/:/, $_, 0); print $F[2]; }