I have input from a "df -k /home" that looks like this: 

filesystem          kbytes   used     avail    capacity  mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0b0t0d0s4 12209400 5496486  6712914  46%       /home

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And a function that parses it for the capacity (creatively named no less): 

sub parse_capacity {
   my ($df_output) = @_;
   my $capacity;
   if ($df_output =~ m[(\d+)%\s+/home$]) {
      $capacity = $1;
   }
   else {
      $capacity = 'Match Error';
   }
   return $capacity;
}

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This works. I should be done right? Noooo, I'm looking for a more idiomatic way to rewrite the "if regex" for purely aesthetic reasons.

I tried: 

($df_output =~ m[(\d+)%\s+/home$]) ? $capacity = $1 : $capacity = 'Mat
+ch Error';

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Which returns 'Match Error' every time.

Why does the ternary statement not work?
What are the some of the more Perlish ways to rephrase that if statment?

Thanks,
cbeckley

In reply to regex syntax and idomatic Perl by cbeckley

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