$path =~ /([^\s]+)/; 
$path = $1; #Extracting path 

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$slack =~ /[^\f+][\s+][\f+][\s+][\f+][\s+]([\f+]+)[\s](VIOLATED)/; 
$slack = $1;
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You shouldn't use the results of a regular expression unless you verify that the pattern matched or you may get erroneous results.    Also /([^\s]+)/ is usually written as /(\S+)/ and /[^\f+][\s+][\f+][\s+][\f+][\s+]([\f+]+)[\s](VIOLATED)/ matches a single character that is not a FORM FEED or '+' character, followed by a whitespace or '+' character, followed by a FORM FEED or '+' character, etc., but there are no FORM FEED characters in the string.

chop($path); 

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chop($slack);
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chop removes the last character of the string, no matter what it is.    So what is the purpose of removing the last character from $path or $slack?