"... that said if any can point me to what perl guys would normally use they would use in place of awk/sed ..."

That's actually a simple regex capture. Using your example of "myserver.it.com. XXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXX" (from Re^2: perl to run awk and sed): 

$ perl -wE 'q{myserver.it.com. XXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXX} =~ /^(.*?)\.\
+s/; say $1'
myserver.it.com

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"... for me to do some reaserch"

Given the simplicity of that regex, further research may be unnecessary; however, on the basis of "Im still new to perl and programming" (from your OP), you might want to start with the very basics in "perlintro: Regular expressions". At the end of that section, you'll find links to documentation with more detailed information.

— Ken

In reply to Re^2: perl to run awk and sed by kcott
in thread perl to run awk and sed by deelinux

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