Respected All, Kindly help me out. I have got file listings in a directory like this: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115149 2011-11-17 07:15 file1.stat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115149 2011-11-18 08:15 file2.stat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115149 2011-11-19 09:15 file3.stat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115149 2011-11-20 10:15 file4.stat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115149 2011-11-21 11:15 file5.stat.log I am storing this output in the @data array as mentioned below: foreach $_(`ls -lrt *stat*`) { @data = split " ", $_; } Now, I want to create a 2D array of 5x3 dimensions, Let's say output[][] in perl, to store the desired information.This column of 2D array's output[][] will be filled by @data array's 6th,7th and 8th columns. I want to use referances. # like output[][] = data[6] data[7] data[8] data[6] data[7] data[8] data[6] data[7] data[8] data[6] data[7] data[8] data[6] data[7] data[8] The desired info will be output[][] = 2011-11-17 07:15 file1.stat.log 2011-11-18 08:15 file2.stat.log 2011-11-19 09:15 file3.stat.log 2011-11-20 10:15 file4.stat.log 2011-11-21 11:15 file5.stat.log I want to create a function for this and want to return this 2D array output[][] as the result. Please help me out. I shall be very thankful to you. Warm Regards, Teknokid1
