Well, hm, did you read the node I linked to? You basically restated the content of your first post. What I was suggesting was to state instead a higher-level overview of your task. Because from what I can see, for example, you would be much better off logging into a database, whereupon you select groups of records using an SQL query. But I am guessing, because you haven't yet said something like (guessing again):

"I'm working on a logging system for my application, and I want to collate the debug output from the client and the server for the same transaction. I'm thinking of parsing the text log file of each using a regexp, but I'm wondering if there's a better way?"

That's the difference between discussing "X" and discussing "Y".

Hope this helps!


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re^3: Parsing log file with regular-expression match nested brackets by 1nickt
in thread Parsing log file with regular-expression match nested brackets [RESOLVED] by thanos1983

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