Extracting fields from a data file

From: Mohammed Chafik (chafik_at_mail.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

To: beginners@perl.org
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:04:08 -0500

Hi all,

I have input file like this:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,attribute,100555,root,other,315,565690, subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line1)

header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,attribute,100555,dba,5, subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 ,return,success,0 (line2)

header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh,attribute,100555,tom,other,315,56,11,54,77,10,88, subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line3)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I need to generate an output file like this (deleting fields between attribute and subject, please
note that number of those fields is variable):
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh, subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line1)

header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh, subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line 2)

header, 06-12-2004, path, /usr/bin/sh, subject,bscs,sgrp,9936,6785,0 0,return,success,0 (line 3)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks a lot ,

CHAFIK 

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