Hi!

I have a question, not even sure where to start coding on. I have a file that has a field in brackets that I want to export to another file. For some reason it doesn't pick up the file unless the brackets are removed.
Here's the script that works without brackets: 

#$slotnumber=0;
$dpdrivloc = "Trinity";

open(DPSLOTFILE, "< c:\\test.txt") or die "Can't open file: $!";

while ( <DPSLOTFILE> ) {
   if ( /$dpdrivloc:\s*(\d+)/ ) {
      print "Slot for $dpdrivloc: $1\n";
   }
}
    #system("c:\\ipbat.bat");
close DPSLOTFILE;

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The file has brackets around "Trinity" and won't read data unless the brackets are removed.
The file works if the file looks like: 

Label     Location               Time
NKL0800   MSL6000 Trinity:   7   1800

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The code doesn't work when file is like:
Label     Location               Time
[NKL0800] [MSL6000 Trinity:  7]  1800

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Unfortunately the file that needs to be read is like the second one. What I would like to do is take the fields inside [] and copy the data to a new file for reading. Any ideas (stripping out from [], I can handle the file I/O)???

Edited by BazB fixed formatting

In reply to Remove field inside [ ] brackets by jamen_98

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