I think I've said everything in the subject. I have a database laid out like this, in tab-delimited format: Number[tab]Username[tab]Unneeded data[tab]ditto[tab]... there are fifteen fields total, and then a newline at the end. I've looked through the instructions and PODs, and I just can't find this. The likely cause of that was being awakened early this morning to go to work. =p All I want is the username, perferably in an array, one entry per username. How would I pattern match/replace to get this? Is that even the route I should take? Thanks, - Seraph ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch