I am not getting this solution guys. I appreciate the help, but had a hard time understanding Rolfs code and played with it for a while with little success. With that being said, my temp solution, I understand is the way I would like to follow.
while ( defined( $_ = <$Rlog> )) { s/^Alert Level\s0*(?:[3-9]|\d{2,})/DEREK_SMITH\n$&/s; } continue { print $_; } ###-- this works, but only half way. __OUT__ ========================================== Log Entry 13: 20 Feb 2011 08:33:42 Alert Level 2: Informational Keyword: Type-02 127002 1208322 Soft Reset Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller; Sensor: System Event 0x204D60D1E60200E0 FFFF027000120300 ========================================== Log Entry 12: 20 Feb 2011 07:14:27 DEREK_SMITH Alert Level 4: TEST ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keyword: Type-02 127002 1208322 Soft Reset Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller; Sensor: System Event 0x204D60BF530200D0 FFFF027000120300 ========================================== Log Entry 11: 13 Feb 2011 07:24:32 DEREK_SMITH Alert Level 5: TEST ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keyword: Type-02 127002 1208322 Soft Reset Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller; Sensor: System Event 0x204D5787300200C0 FFFF027000120300 __DATA__NEEDED__ ========================================== Log Entry 13: 20 Feb 2011 08:33:42 Alert Level 2: Informational Keyword: Type-02 127002 1208322 Soft Reset Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller; Sensor: System Event 0x204D60D1E60200E0 FFFF027000120300 ========================================== Log Entry 12: 20 Feb 2011 07:14:27 DEREK Alert Level 4: TEST ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SMITH Keyword: Type-02 127002 1208322 Soft Reset Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller; Sensor: System Event 0x204D60BF530200D0 FFFF027000120300 ========================================== Log Entry 11: 13 Feb 2011 07:24:32 DEREK_ Alert Level 5: TEST ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keyword: Type-02 127002 1208322 SMITH Soft Reset Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller; Sensor: System Event 0x204D5787300200C0 FFFF027000120300
either SMITH after 'Keyword' or after 'Alert' either one is fine.

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