have a look at the split function: perldoc -f split or http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/func/split.html
@arr = split(/:/ ,$var); $x = $arr[1];
--Prasanna
jack jack wrote:
Hi All,
I need help in greping only YYYYY from $var , the output should be in variable $x.
$var=Owner: YYYYY : rwx (all)
rgds
jack
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