Good day all... Am new to this List and new to Perl and am hoping for some advice...I work for an ISP and am responsible for Postmaster problem solving...primarily this consists of much grepping through mail and termlogs... What I am hoping to do via Perl is write a script that will further automate a grep process...here is an example of my current grep: grep "Dec 6" /var/log/termlog | egrep "pm0a22.sta|206.25.68.122"...really, a very simple process This grep returns data that allows me to track a particular users log-on and off... I use a Mac and have "custody" of MacPerl 5.1.4r4...my apologies if none of what I have said makes sense... Best regards, Jordan S. Dill SoVerNet, 5 Rockingham Street, Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101 Voice (802) 463-2111 Fax (802) 463-2110 ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch