#Should do something like cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/State/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Utility Voltage/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Battery Capacity/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Remaining Runtime/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Load/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Line Interaction/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Test Result/' myfile >> > awk done cat myfile |while read file do echo $file |awk '/Last Power Event/' myfile >> > awk done