HI all, HI, I want to grep only XXXX from $var , i want in a variable $y. $var="Owner: XXXXX : rwx (all)";
$var =~ m/Owner: (\w{5})\s*: rwx \(all\)/; $y = $1; Chetak -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>