for i in *.out do system=${i%.out} echo $system file=$i EHF=`grep "E(ROHF) = -76.0265262687" $file | cut -d "=" -f 2 | cut -d "A" -f 1` ECCSDT=`grep "CCSD(T)=" $file | tail -1 | cut -d ")" -f 2 | cut -d "=" -f 2 | cut -d "\\" -f 1` done