Hi All, I am really new to Perl and I have multiple files in my log directory , i need to extract the text from these log files which contains a keyword between "PROC SQL" (This is start point) and "QUIT" (This is end point) and in this block only if "AS KEYWORD" is found then only I want to print it to another file. Below is example 
 <B> 
     %put %str(NOTE: Mapping columns ...);
NOTE: Mapping columns ...
481        proc sql;
482           create table work.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_3 as
483              select
484                 Acct_Key,
485                 Arrears_Bal_Amt,
486                 ARREARS_DAYS,
531                    end) as DELQ_STATUS length = 8
532                    format = 8.
533                    informat = 8.
534                    label = 'DELQ_STATUS',
535                 Arrears_Start_Date,
536                 PERIODENDING,
537                 PRODUCT_TYPE_CODE
538           from &SYSLAST
SYMBOLGEN:  Macro variable SYSLAST resolves to WORK.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_2 
+              
539           ;
NOTE: A CASE expression has no ELSE clause. Cases not accounted for by
+ the WHEN clauses will result in a missing value for the CASE express
+ion.
NOTE: Compressing data set WORK.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_3 decreased size by 35
+.05 percent. 
      Compressed is 9043 pages; un-compressed would require 13923 page
+s.
NOTE: Table WORK.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_3 created, with 5986698 rows and 17 c
+olumns.

540        quit;
480        %put %str(NOTE: Mapping columns ...);
NOTE: Mapping columns ...
481        proc sql;
482           create table work.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_3 as
483              select
484                 Acct_Key,
485                 Arrears_Bal_Amt,
486                 ARREARS_DAYS,
532                    format = 8.
533                    informat = 8.
534                    label = 'DELQ_STATUS',
535                 Arrears_Start_Date,
536                 PERIODENDING,
537                 PRODUCT_TYPE_CODE
538           from &SYSLAST
SYMBOLGEN:  Macro variable SYSLAST resolves to WORK.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_2 
+              
539           ;
NOTE: A CASE expression has no ELSE clause. Cases not accounted for by
+ the WHEN clauses will result in a missing value for the CASE express
+ion.
NOTE: Compressing data set WORK.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_3 decreased size by 35
+.05 percent. 
      Compressed is 9043 pages; un-compressed would require 13923 page
+s.
NOTE: Table WORK.INPUT_ACCT_POOL_3 created, with 5986698 rows and 17 c
+olumns.

540        quit;

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Above text is present in logfile named log1.log and I want to extract only the first block to file named output.txt because it contains as delq_status since I am passing delq_status as variable Anyhelp in this regard is highly appreciated. Thanks

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