Use of uninitialized value $5 in concatenation (.) or string at line 11. 1=log 2=dest 3=" 4=calllog"> directory /) matches as follows: NODE EXPLANATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive) (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not matching \n) (matching whitespace and # normally): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- $ before an optional \n, and the end of the string ---------------------------------------------------------------------- line =~ /< 'line =~ /<' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ( group and capture to \1: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \w word characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?: group, but do not capture: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [^ \/>]+ any character except: ' ', '\/', '>' (1 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of \1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?: group, but do not capture: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?: group, but do not capture: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?: group, but do not capture: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \s+ whitespace (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ") (1 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ( group and capture to \2: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [^=>]+ any character except: '=', '>' (1 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of \2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \s* whitespace (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ") (0 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- = '=' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \s* whitespace (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ") (0 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ( group and capture to \3: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- " '"' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | OR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ' '\'' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of \3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ( group and capture to \4: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [^\3]* any character except: '\3' (0 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of \4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \3 what was matched by capture \3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \s* whitespace (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ") (0 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \/ '/' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >/ '>/' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ----------------------------------------------------------------------