can some one tell me what is wrong with the following filter for squidlog. I am getting the following error =================================================== [oberoi@localhost uni]$ ./squidlogconverter.sh access -n access file exists number each line sequentially, begning from 1 by default numbering file... awk: cmd. line:1: %9d.%03d %d %d.%d.%d.%d %s/%03d %d %s %s %s %s%s/%s %s /n { print $3 "," $4} awk: cmd. line:1: ^ syntax error awk: cmd. line:1: %9d.%03d %d %d.%d.%d.%d %s/%03d %d %s %s %s %s%s/%s %s /n { print $3 "," $4} awk: cmd. line:1: ^ syntax error awk: cmd. line:1: %9d.%03d %d %d.%d.%d.%d %s/%03d %d %s %s %s %s%s/%s %s /n { print $3 "," $4} awk: cmd. line:1: ^ syntax error awk: cmd. line:1: %9d.%03d %d %d.%d.%d.%d %s/%03d %d %s %s %s %s%s/%s %s /n { print $3 "," $4} awk: cmd. line:1: ^ syntax error ===================================================== is there any good help available on awk or patterns i have been searching lots but nothing useful to create this filter "%9d.%03d %6d %s %s/%03d %d %s %s %s %s%s/%s %s" thanks ===== deepak oberoi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail