Hi, This seems to work. Here's my date_range.ok.pl file. 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Time::Piece;

my $format = '%b %e %T';
my $start = Time::Piece->strptime('Feb  1 10:30:00', $format);
my $end   = Time::Piece->strptime('Feb  2 10:30:00', $format);

open(FILE, "/var/log/maillog") or die "Couldn't open maillog: $!; abor
+ting";

while (<FILE>) {
    my ($timestamp) = /(^\w+\s+\d+\s+\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)/;
    my $t = Time::Piece->strptime($timestamp, $format);

    print if $t >= $start && $t <= $end;
}

close(FILE);

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I hardcoded below 2 things. 
my $start = Time::Piece->strptime('Feb  1 10:30:00', $format);
my $end   = Time::Piece->strptime('Feb  2 10:30:00', $format);

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Now I want system to fill today's date and yesterday's date? instead of Feb 16 and Feb 17

I want system to fill Mar 16 and Mar 17

Time range (10.30 to 10.30) is OK. I can hardcode it.

Any comment?

In reply to Re^2: print lines withing specific date range from maillog file by theravadamonk
in thread print lines withing specific date range from mailoog file by theravadamonk

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