Hi RenMcCourtey,

While what you want to do could be done with a oneliner*, as the code gets more complex it's certainly advisable to use the proper tools for the job.

Apparently ldapsearch outputs in LDIF format, which can be read by, for example, Net::LDAP::LDIF. Here's a quick example I whipped up using the documentation, its output looks like what you want:

use Net::LDAP::LDIF;
my $ldif = Net::LDAP::LDIF->new('nejms.txt', 'r', onerror=>'die');
while (!$ldif->eof) {
    my $entry = $ldif->read_entry;
    print $entry->get_value('cn'), "=",
        $entry->get_value('orclnetdescstring'), "\n";
}
$ldif->done;

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If it's an option for you, you could maybe use Net::LDAP for all your work. (Disclaimer: I don't have experience with the module. It does have a long release history and good reviews, though.)

* I'd strongly recommend the above instead, this is just an example of one way to do it:

$ perl -ne 'next if /^dn:|^\s*$/; s/^cn:\s*(.+)\n/$1/;
  s/^orclnetdescstring:\s*/=/; print' nejms.txt
common_name1=complex_address_line1
common_name2=complex_address_line2
common_name3=complex_address_line3

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Hope this helps,
-- Hauke D

In reply to Re: Reformat command output inline by haukex
in thread Reformat command output inline by RenMcCourtey

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