graff, Here's all the code I have so far: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $PolicyName = "";
my $PolicyType = "";
my $ActivePolicy = "";
my $ClientServer = "";

open(INFILE, '<mas01_policy_dump.txt');

while(<INFILE>) {
    if ($_ =~ "Policy Name") {
        $PolicyName = $_;
        #print $line;
    }
    if ($_ =~ "Policy Type") {
       $PolicyType = $_;
       }
    if (($_ =~ "Active") && ($_ =~ "yes")) {
        $ActivePolicy = $_;
        print $PolicyName;
        print $PolicyType;
        print $ActivePolicy;
        }
    if ($_ =~ "HW/OS/Client") {
        while ($_) {
           next if /^$/;
           $ClientServer = $_;
           print $ClientServer;
           next;
           }
    }
next;
}

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Sorry, but I'm reading books and searching the internet while trying to learn about perl and write this script to do what I need done. So, I'm reading, writing, testing, fixing, reading, writing, testing, fixing.....it's a never ending cycle until I figure out how to do what I need done in Perl. I used to write Unix scripts but that's been years ago. I'm learning perl now because some of the production scripts I now have to help support are in Perl.

In reply to Re^5: How to print certain lines out of a text file. by sawdustar
in thread How to print certain lines out of a text file. by sawdustar

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