and this is the code that i got so far :)
#!/usr/bin/perl ################################## # list of servers to do reports on ################################## @servers = ('sis4.snap.synapticcorp.com', 'sis8', 'lemon.snap.synaptic +corp.com'); ################################## # path to file with reports in it ################################## $file = "/sis4/groups/sisgroup/diskUsage.txt"; my $weekday = (Sun,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat)[(localtime)[6]] ; my $dayofmonth = (localtime)[3]; ################################################## # this is because january is 0 and december is 11 my $month = (localtime)[4] + 1; ################################################## my $monthname = (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov +, Dec)[(localtime)[4]]; my $year = (localtime)[5] + 1900; open(INPUTFILE, $file) or die "Couldn't open $file: $!\n"; while (defined($line = <INPUTFILE>)) { foreach $server (@servers) { if ($line =~ m/^$server\s+$weekday\s+$monthname\s+$day +ofmonth\s+\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\s+EDT\s+$year/) { print "$line\n"; } } }

In reply to Re: couple of file content manipulation questions by Anonymous Monk
in thread couple of file content manipulation questions by vxp

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