I have an ASCII file about backup tapes like: 

Label         Location                  Start Time  End Time
NKL0289       MSL6000 Trinity: 7        18:45       20:45

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What I'm looking to do is extract the 7 number which is the slot number the tape is in. I have tried several things like using substr() and grep, but I'm not so good at Perl and am struggling. I have done some perl before (long time ago) so I understand some things, but need a little help. I have tried several variations to this, but here it is: 
$slotnumber=0;
$dpdrivloc = "Trinity";

open(DPSLOTFILE, "< c:\\test.txt") or die "Can't open test.txt: $!";

while (<DPSLOTFILE>) {
    chomp;
    for $chunk (split) {
        print "$chunk\n";
    if ($chunk eq $dpdrivloc) {
        print "We have a match folks!";
    }
    }
}

    #system("c:\\ipbat.bat");

close DPSLOTFILE;

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It also runs a batch file which I've commented out, but that works great already. I need to extract the number after MSL6000 Trinity: and place it after the the batch file with that number as an argument. I think I can handle that part though.

Edit by BazB remove pre tags.

In reply to Extract field after keyword by jamen_98

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