in reply to Looping Headaches

I don't think that you want to print this out after every loop. I think you want to print out after every day. Maybe try this. Also I think the way you are looping through the lines is a little messed up. The while is looping through the lines, and the until really isn't doing anything.

Try something like this(untested):
#!/usr/bin/perl -w -d use strict; my $date; my $line; my ($tot_ip_cnt,$tot_icmp_cnt,$tot_tcp_cnt,$tot_udp_cnt,$tot_events,$t +ot_drops) = (0,0,0,0,0,0); open (INFILE, "< hbeat-app.log.samp") or die ("Error Opening File $!\n +"); open (OUTFILE, ">> HB_APP_totals.log.CSV") or die ("Error Opening File + $!\n"); print OUTFILE "date,ip_cnt,icmp_cnt,tcp_cnt,udp_cnt,events,drops \n"; while ( my $line = <INFILE>) { if ($line =~ m/^(\d{4})(\w{3})(\d+).+/) { print OUTFILE "$date,$tot_ip_cnt,$tot_icmp_cnt,$tot_tcp_cnt,$t +ot_udp_cnt,$tot_events,$tot_drops\n" if(length($date) > 0); $date = join ' ',($2,$3,$1); } else { $line =~ m/^EVENT1\:\s+\[\w+\]\s+\(IP\=(\d+)\,ICMP\=(\d+)\,TCP\=( +\d+)\,UDP\=(\d+)\,EVENTS\=(\d+)\,DROP\=(\d+)\,.+/; $tot_ip_cnt += $1; $tot_icmp_cnt += $2; $tot_tcp_cnt += $3; $tot_udp_cnt += $4; $tot_events += $5; $tot_drops += $6; } } print OUTFILE "$date,$tot_ip_cnt,$tot_icmp_cnt,$tot_tcp_cnt,$tot_udp_c +nt,$tot_events,$tot_drops\n"; close OUTFILE; close INFILE;
Update: Added print after loop to print out last day.