there's a buch of info out there about regex stuff (what you're trying to do, even if you don't know that). But here's a little to help getr you started... #!perl -w open(IN, 'orange:README') or die 'Could not open README'; while (<IN>) { if ($_ =~ /<TBODY>/) { $i += 1; print $_; } } close(IN); print "$i\n"; __END__ --Nick # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org