In case s.o. else will have the same problem. Here's, how i solved it "my way":
[...] # storage for APN data (multiple lines) my %APNdata; my @APNarray; [...] APNID PDPADD EQOSID VPAA PDPCH PDPTY PDPID (?:[ ]+(\\d+)(?{\$APNdata{'APNID'} = \$^N;})[ ]+(\\d+)(?{\ $APNdata{'EQOSID'} = \$^N;})[ ]+(NO|YES|MAYBE)(?{\$APNdata{'VPAA'} = \ $^N;})[ ]+(IPV4)(?{\$APNdata{'PDPTY'} = \$^N;})[ ]+(\\d+)(?{\ $APNdata{'PDPID'} = \$^N; push [EMAIL PROTECTED], {\%APNdata};})\\n)* [...] rgds! Frank -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/