Going on vacation... ahh the silence...

MSN will stop bleeping at me every 3 minutes [Big Grin]

the split(split()) works great... when your output is something like:

Pinging server.domain.net [192.168.110.4] with 32 bytes of data:

$temp=split($line,'[')[1] -> 192.168.110.4] with 32 bytes of data:
$result=split($temp,']')[0] -> 192.168.110.4

split on the left bracket, and take the second element and split that on the right bracket, taking the first element... to make it look complex, combine the lines into one.

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.214.1

trim(split($line,':')[1]) is the way to go
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