How to handle text files with Header lines

Hi,
Eventhough the number of header lines is specified, when I do Reverse to get columns, its considering only header line.
I have file format like
ffserver started.
192.168.11.30 - - [Fri Apr 20 19:28:01 2007] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 150
192.168.11.30 - - [Fri Apr 20 19:28:02 2007] "GET /V23WASTINGPETROL HTTP/1.1" 200 310
first line is header line and there are spaces within a field value, and the field separator also is space.
regards,
Vivek

in this scenario of urs ,ur file has multiple delimiters like -- and spaces.
in this case u need to convert the file in a file with single delimiter .
this can be done by writing a code in java in ODI procedures.
once you have the same delimiter all over the file.
u can extract multiple headers using typical Procedure

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