Kevin Coyner <kevin@rustybear.com> writes: > 1. only read lines with the word "Message" in it > 2. in lines with "Message", output everything to the right of the > word "Message". This could be one word or twenty words. awk '/Message/ { print substr($0, index($0, "Message")+length("Message")) }' -- Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> - I am the rocks. Looking for a developer in St. Louis? http://web.springies.com/~ats/ Gorns do it cold-bloodedly.