+topic=`grep '^T' $file | awk -F^ '{ print $2 }'`
+desc=`grep '^D' $file | awk -F^ '{ print $2 }'`
+author=`grep '^A' $file | awk -F^ '{ print $2 }'`
+email=`grep '^M' $file | awk -F^ '{ print $2 }'`
+event=`grep '^E' $file | awk -F^ '{ print $2 }'`
+location=`grep '^L' $file | awk -F^ '{ print $2 }'`