a have a line to parse.... 10.88.90.75 - - [16/Jul/2007:07:46:09 -0400] "GET /star/images/main.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 334 anyone has a better idea... got stuck coming up with one simple regex ( the double quote...) Need to tokenize the line, token 1 = 10.88.90.75 token 2 = - token 3 = - token 4 = [16/Jul/2007:07:46:09 -0400] token 5 = "GET /star/images/main.gif HTTP/1.1" token 6 = 200 token 7 = 234 can some one help please. Joe. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.