oko1, Thanks for taking the time to comment. This is actually exactly what I'm looking for. I apologize for possibly mis-leading the readers with my "large file"...that was relative and the file isn't really all that large at all...only a few Kbs...but, does vary. I've updated the post to give a better idea what I'm attempting. I think this really helps. What I'm doing is based on an operator input (something like "OPS" and "REV") parse the file unil I've found the specific information I'm looking for. then, I want to grab everything relevant. The issue is that the line I've been looking at "1. OPS 7554 REV 225888" is below that actual line that I need to pull in. But, I think this will get me much farther than I am now. Much appreciated.

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