Ok, so I searched the archives but I still don't get it. I have the following text in a file that I want to match:

Total Datafile Size MB
----------------------
73602.1406


Total Database Size MB
----------------------
48107.7656


Total Free Space MB
-------------------
25462.8125

The code I tried to match the following:

Total Datafile Size MB
----------------------
73602.1406

is (and many variations at which point I gave up):
local $/;  # slurp the entire file
local *FH;
open (FH, $file_name) or die "Cannot open";
my $text = <FH>

if ($text =~ /[^Total Datafile Size MB\s*][^-{22}]/s)
{
   print "Matched\n";
}

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My ultimate goal is to match this:

Total Free Space MB
-------------------
25462.8125

and then grab the number 25462.8125.

Any ideas?

many thanks

mohammed

Edited by Chady -- Added code tags.

In reply to Matching Across Lines by mkb125

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