#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my $data = do { local $/ = undef; ; }; while ($data =~ m/Script.+\sat\s(.+)\s(\n)?(\d+:\d+:\d+)/g){ my $date = $1; my $time = $3; print "$date\t$time\n"; } __DATA__ Script /opt/OV/bin/OpC/agtinstall/inst.sh invoked by root at 02/25/11 14:36:48 blah blah blah Script /opt/OV/bin/OpC/agtinstall/inst.sh invoked by root at 02/25/11 14:36:48 blah blah blah