use strict; use warnings; my $line='PSAPPSRV.26476584 (6) 01/02/19 06:30:30 GetCertificate(3) Returning context. ID=PTWEBSERVER, Lang=ENG'; my $SpaceChar = ' '; my $result = $line; for (1..4) { $result = substr ($result, index ($result, $SpaceChar) + 1); print "$result\n"; } #### #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my $line='PSAPPSRV.26476584 (6) 01/02/19 06:30:30 GetCertificate(3) Returning context. ID=PTWEBSERVER, Lang=ENG'; my $SpaceChar = ' '; my $result = (split ($SpaceChar, $line, 5))[4]; print "$result\n";