Hi,

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> I have the following txt log file ==>
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I would like to parse this file with ruby, and to produce a new txt file
> where i have only ==>
> 
> r 250 1006 -63 -65 91 -6 -8 319*
> r 250 1015 -52 -72 91 -6 -8 319*
> r 250 1019 -61 -83 92 -7 -8 319*

You could iterate through each line, scanning for a second ':' and grab 
all the text after that.

-Mitchell;

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> How can i do that?
> 
> thank you
> i am a ruby newbie
> 
> kostas
>