Hello monks,

now I want to read a logfile and print out all lines between one <xxx; and next <xxx;. But the problem is there are also < followed by empty line between the <xxx;, so it probably printed out only the lines between <xxx; and this <empty line. How can I figure it out? Following is part of my code:

while (<>)
{
    # remove trailing whitespaces:
    s/\s+$//;
    # Remove CR and LF
    s/[\r\n]//g;

    if ((m/^<(.*)/) || (m/^\S+ <(.*)/))
    {
        # store the previous command:
        if ($command ne "")
        {
            print "Adding: $command\n";
            $response{$command} = $resp;
            $ordered{$command} = $result if $ordered_received;
            $resp = "";
            $result = "";
            $ordered_received = 0;
            $command = "";
        }

        # a new command line:
        $command = $1;
        if ($command =~ /;/)
        {
            $command = uc($command) unless $case_sensitive;
        }
    }
    elsif ($ordered_received)
    {
        # collect the result lines
        $result .= "$_\r\n";
    }
    else
    {
        # collect the response lines
        $resp .= "$_\r\n";
    }
}

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crossposted to http://www.perl-community.de/bat/poard/thread/18345. Thanks a lot in advance. BR Wei

In reply to Read in the logfile by lddzjwwy

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