john w krahn jwkrahnshawca walker emile wrote hello list hello im new perl gentle im looking quick function routine given list user names system possibly etcpasswd entries perldoc f setpwent perldoc f getpwent perldoc f endpwent perldoc f getpwnam perldoc f getpwuid 1 obtain users last login date httpsearchcpanorgmpiotruserutmp18utmppm 2 parse append information 5 separate list variables perl doesnt list variables scalars arrays hashes probably better use single hash arrays hash hashes etc perldoc perldsc perldoc perllol ie group1 group2 etc overall objective check dormant accounts grouping accounts according last dates logged producing report thanks good luck ask need help john perl isnt toolbox small machine shop specialorder certain sorts tools low cost short order larry wall unsubscribe email beginnersunsubscribeperlorg additional commands email beginnershelpperlorg httplearnperlorg tue 05 aug 2008 195925 0700 need function capture user login statistics