Hello everyone - I have a log file which is in the following format:

19476 2013-04-05,12:10:51.909293 host:internal.machine44.company.net main INFO Running normally with ACTION=<processing> FAN_A=<OK> FAN_B=<OK> SEND=<Sent mail (221 2.0.0 Service closing transmission channel)> FAILURE=<2>

What I'd like to do is split this into a few different pieces. The first number is a line number and I do not need it, as well as the host: information. So I'd like to get the data into this format:

$date => 2013-04-05,12:10:51.909293
$info[ACTION] => processing
$info[FAN_A] => OK
$info[FAN_B] => OK
$info[SEND] => Sent mail (221 2.0.0 Service closing transmission chann
+el)
$info[FAILURE] => 2

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I can do this by using performing multiple greps, but can someone show me if there is a more efficient way to read the information in and use the items such as FAN_A and FAN_B as elements for the array and the value inserted from the information between the <>s?

Thanks in advance.

In reply to Some assistance with splitting variables by Anonymous Monk

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