What should I use to make a log parser?

I wanna make a simple program that will read the log files from scorched earth 3D (as a test, so I can try it again for something much larger), combine the stats (total kills, etc) and display them/possibly output them to a new file.

What langages are best suited for this? I'm already leaning towards C#, but I'm open to suggestions.

Also, note that I want to read already existing logs, not add them as they come up to an already existing database.

Might as well use perl.