One problem with your program is  /^unassigned\n\nOK$/ it can never match, you're reading line byline .. you're not reading two three lines at a time

Solution is simple, set a flag/counter of how many lines to skip

#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; my $data = q{array A physicaldrive 2C:1:1 port 2C:box 1:bay 1 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 2C:1:2 port 2C:box 1:bay 2 SAS 1 TB OK array B physicaldrive 2C:1:3 port 2C:box 1:bay 3 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 2C:1:4 port 2C:box 1:bay 4 SAS 1 TB OK array C physicaldrive 3C:1:5 port 3C:box 1:bay 5 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 3C:1:6 port 3C:box 1:bay 6 SAS 1 TB OK array D physicaldrive 3C:1:7 port 3C:box 1:bay 7 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 3C:1:8 port 3C:box 1:bay 8 SAS 1 TB OK array E physicaldrive 4C:2:1 port 4C:box 2:bay 1 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 4C:2:2 port 4C:box 2:bay 2 SAS 1 TB OK array F physicaldrive 4C:2:3 port 4C:box 2:bay 3 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 4C:2:4 port 4C:box 2:bay 4 SAS 1 TB OK array G physicaldrive 5C:2:5 port 5C:box 2:bay 5 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 5C:2:6 port 5C:box 2:bay 6 SAS 1 TB OK array H physicaldrive 5C:2:7 port 5C:box 2:bay 7 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 5C:2:8 port 5C:box 2:bay 8 SAS 1 TB OK array I physicaldrive 6C:3:1 port 6C:box 3:bay 1 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 6C:3:2 port 6C:box 3:bay 2 SAS 1 TB OK array J physicaldrive 6C:3:3 port 6C:box 3:bay 3 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 6C:3:4 port 6C:box 3:bay 4 SAS 1 TB OK array K physicaldrive 7C:3:5 port 7C:box 3:bay 5 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 7C:3:6 port 7C:box 3:bay 6 SAS 1 TB OK unassigned physicaldrive 7C:3:7 port 7C:box 3:bay 7 SAS 1 TB OK physicaldrive 7C:3:8 port 7C:box 3:bay 8 SAS 1 TB OK }; my %unitMap; my $cmd = "hpacucli ctrl slot=0 pd all show";; #~ open my $fd, "$cmd|" or return \%unitMap; open my $fd, '<', \$data or die $!; my $skipNext = 0; while (my $row = <$fd>) { $row =~ /^$/ and next; $row =~ s/[,|)|(]//g; chomp $row; next if $row =~ /^Smart/g; $row =~ s/^\s+//; if( $row =~ /^unassigned/ ){ $skipNext = 2; next; } if( $skipNext ){ $skipNext--; next; } print "$row\n"; }

In reply to Re: Search and delete by Anonymous Monk
in thread Search and delete by pr33

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