Sean Carolan wrote: > those are supposed to be tab-separated urls, all on one line. If 'ajpv12://' and ':8008/root' are always going to be the same: awk '/:8008\/root/ {printf $3 "\t"}' $x | sed 's/ajpv12:\/\///g' | sed 's/:8008\/root//g' If these change then your going to need either a more complex awk, or more complex sed expression. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.