Hi pingme8705,

Perhaps loading the data into a HoA might help getting hold of the fields a bit easier.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my (%data, $device);
while (my $line = <DATA>){
  chomp $line;
  next if $line =~ /^\s*$/;
  if ($line =~ /logging to ([\w-]+)/){
    $device = $1;
    next;
  }
  push @{$data{$device}}, $line;
}

print Dumper(\%data);
  
__DATA__
 logging to device1 is 2.3.5.1 . . .
 
56% /var
38% /
31% Interleaved
device1
Tue Sep  9 11:26:44 ist 2005
     
 logging to device2 is 2.3.5.1 . . .
 

96% /var
88% /
100% Interleaved
device2
Tue Sep  5 10:26:44 GMT 2005

logging to device5-PPP is 2.3.5.1 . . .
 
156% /var
138% /
131% Interleaved
device1
Tue Sep  9 11:26:44 ist 2005
     
 logging to device8-PPm is 2.3.5.1 . . .
 
596% /var
688% /
100% Interleaved
device2
Tue Sep  5 10:26:44 GMT 2005
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output

---------- Capture Output ----------
> "C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe" ping.pl
$VAR1 = {
          'device8-PPm' => [
                             '596% /var',
                             '688% /',
                             '100% Interleaved',
                             'device2',
                             'Tue Sep  5 10:26:44 GMT 2005'
                           ],
          'device5-PPP' => [
                             '156% /var',
                             '138% /',
                             '131% Interleaved',
                             'device1',
                             'Tue Sep  9 11:26:44 ist 2005'
                           ],
          'device1' => [
                         '56% /var',
                         '38% /',
                         '31% Interleaved',
                         'device1',
                         'Tue Sep  9 11:26:44 ist 2005'
                       ],
          'device2' => [
                         '96% /var',
                         '88% /',
                         '100% Interleaved',
                         'device2',
                         'Tue Sep  5 10:26:44 GMT 2005'
                       ]
        };

> Terminated with exit code 0.
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