$bkp = `db2 "list history backup all for $db " |tail -6`; open TEMP, ">$temp"; print TEMP $bkp; close TEMP; print FILE "\nBackup Information:\n"; $bkp_info = `sed -e :a -e "{$d;N;2,3ba}" -e "{P;D}" /db2/$DB2DBDFT/Messages/temp.txt`; if($bkp_info =~ /Start/) { print FILE $bkp_info; }