Thanks for the link, ok I'm thinking of sticking with javascript to do all this.
I'm having trouble finding a good javascript "open the file and parse through it" tutorial...familiar obviously with how to parse the text once inside.
Anyone have a quick code they could share to open say user 0000001.cgi parse through it for line 7 then store that in a variable?
Sorry to sound so naive, but I learn best by example.
Thank you.