Thank you all for your help. I should learn Perl or Awk, for that matter, but I find myself needing a quick tool for specific problem that I'll probably never require again. Your suggestions, especially the one on my faulty assumptions of the column width, have been quite helpful. While I don't the solution in hand, you have put me on the right path. I apologize again for the poor formatting and thank you for your prompt and authoritative responses.