Hi all,

I really stuck for a while with a regular expression. I get an output (from an application) like this: 
PID  POLS U(%) POOL_NAME    Seq# Num LDEV# H(%) VCAP(%) TYPE PM
003  POLN   0  Bad name with spaces   13453   2 61443  80   -  OPEN N 
002  POLN  52  DemoSolutions   54068  7 61454  80   -  OPEN N

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In words : Line starts, 1-n characters, 1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters with 0-n spaces, 1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters, 1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters with 0-n spaces, 1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters,1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters,1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters,1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters,1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters,1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters,1-n spaces as delimiter, 1-n characters, line ends

What I would like to generate is a file like: 

PID;POLS;U(%);POOL_NAME;Seq#;Num;LDEV#;H(%);VCAP(%);TYPE;PM;
003;POLN;0;Bad name with spaces;13453;2;61443;80;-;OPEN;N; 
002;POLN;52;Demo;54068;7;61454;80;-;OPEN;N;

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I don't get it managed to sort out the spaces in the names and as delimiter. I tried something like this

$line =~ /^(\w+)\s+(\w+)\s+([\w\(\)\%-]+)\s+([\s\w]*?\w+)\s+([#\w]+)\s+(\w+)\s+([#\w]+)\s+([\w\(\)\%-]+)\s+([\w\(\)\%-]+)\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)\s+/;

and get something like this: 
PID;POLS;U(%);POOL_NAME;Seq#;Num;LDEV#;H(%);VCAP(%);TYPE;PM;
003;POLN;0;Bad;name;with;spaces;13453;2;61443;80;
002;POLN;52;Demo;54068;7;61454;80;-;OPEN;N;

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=> Without sucess.

I would be very happy if you can help me.

regards deMichi

In reply to Regular Expression - delimiter/spaces problem by demichi

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