So, I've implemented your code, which is getting me closer to the goal. Thank you for that.

Here is what I've got running: 

while (<INPUT>){
        if ($_ =~ /HISTORY/../TABLE/){
            open(OUTPUT, '>'.$outputfile) or die "Can't create $output
+file.\n";
            print OUTPUT "$_\n";
            close OUTPUT;
        }
    
    }

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The data I'm trying to pull out is in a table (in Word) and it will find the flip/flop, print it to the OUTPUT. That much is working. However, the data it returns is a jumbled mess of characters. It isn't intelligible.

So, I tried saving a docx as rtf... no luck (it won't copy the table data, only gobbledegook), then I tried .txt... That returns the text/data, but I lose the neat and tidy layout of the table.

Any suggestions on how to copy the table as a table or at least delimited somehow?

Thank you again,
Daikini

In reply to Re^2: Getting lines in a file between two patterns by Daikini
in thread Getting lines in a file between two patterns by Daikini

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