#!/usr/bin/perl -w open In, "log.2008-01-11" or die "log: $!\n"; open Out, ">report.2008-01-11.txt" or die "report: $!\n"; while (){ chomp; next unless ($_ =~/channel = two.* (\d+)$/); print Out "$_ \n"; } close In; close Out; #### 2007-Jan-11 00:00:01 UTC (GMT +0000) - Poll: channel = two, ref = com, id = 133714761 2007-Jan-11 00:00:01 UTC (GMT +0000) - Poll: channel = two, ref = com, id = 595131400 2007-Jan-11 00:00:02 UTC (GMT +0000) - Poll: channel = two, ref = com, id = 595191883 2007-Jan-11 00:00:04 UTC (GMT +0000) - Poll: channel = two, ref = com, id = 006456768 2007-Jan-11 01:07:06 UTC (GMT +0000) - Poll: channel = two, ref = com, id = 133714761