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Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 03:57:49 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello Peter, Angelico,

Ok lets see, My aim is to filter out several fields from a log file and wri=
te them to a new log file.  The current log file, as I mentioned previously=
, has thousands of lines like this:-
2011-05-16 09:46:22,361 [Thread-4847133] PDU D <G_CC_SMS_SERVICE_51408_656.=
O_ CC_SMS_SERVICE_51408_656-ServerThread-VASPSessionThread-7ee35fb0-7e87-11=
e0-a2da-00238bce423b-TRX - 2011-05-16 09:46:22 - OUT - (submit_resp: (pdu: =
L: 53 ID: 80000004 Status: 0 SN: 25866) 98053090-7f90-11e0-a2da-00238bce423=
b (opt: ) ) >

All the lines in the log file are similar and they all have the same length=
 (same amount of fields).  Most of the fields are separated by spaces excep=
t for couple of them which I am processing with AWK (removing "<G_" from th=
e string for example).  So in essence what I want to do is evaluate each li=
ne in the log file and break them down into fields which I can call individ=
ually and write them to a new log file (for example selecting only fields 1=
, 2 and 3).

I hope this is clearer now

Regards,

Junior