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while read ig no re th is important
do 	thisArray=( $important ) # Make the remains index
	C=0			# Counter
	T=${#thisArray[@]}	# Total
	out=""			# Clear output of previous line
	
	while [ $C -lt $T ]
	do 	str="${thisArray[$C]}"
		# Compare above set string, with all lower case chars
		# and add previous index & current index string (without dots or coma) to out variable
		case "${str,,}" in
		hour*|seco*|minu*)
			out+=" ${thisArray[$(( $C - 1 ))]} ${str/[,.]/}"
			;;
		esac
		# Then increase the counter, and continue loop until condition fails
		((C++))
	done
	
	# Make the list indexed, so we have direct count
	outArray=( $out )
	count=${#outArray[@]}
	
	# Do required modifications here
	case $count in
	2|4|6)	echo "handle this $count: $out"
		;;
	esac
done<Canary1.log

handle this 6: 2 hours 54 minutes 40 seconds
handle this 4: 42 minutes 36 seconds
handle this 4: 42 minutes 57 seconds
handle this 4: 42 minutes 55 seconds
handle this 6: one hour one minute 44 seconds
handle this 2: 1 second
handle this 2: 8 seconds
handle this 4: 3 minutes 0 second