Dear Monks,
I am a new perl user please be patient.
Here is my problem- Need to check the status for active interfaces on unix boxes(solaris, BSD). I am using the Net:Telnet module and getting the ouput from ifconfig -a command.
I need to parse the output to check the actine interfaces: How should I do it, read the details of the interface in an array and search for status, or any other better way of doing it. Thanks,
Here is text to parse- 
-------------------------------------------

em0: 

flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

        inet 172.21.2.90 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast    172.21.2.127

        ether 00:07:e9:23:5a:cc

        media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) status: active

        supported media: autoselect 1000baseTX 1000baseTX <full-duplex
+> 

em1: 

flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

        ether 00:07:e9:23:5a:cd
 
       media: autoselect status: no carrier

        supported media: autoselect 1000baseTX 1000baseTX <full-duplex
+>

ti0: 

flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 
1500
    ether 00:60:cf:21:a3:4c

        media: autoselect (1000baseSX <full-duplex>) status: active 
        supported media: autoselect 1000baseSX <full-duplex> 1000baseS
+X 
ti1:  flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 
1500

        ether 00:60:cf:21:a3:45 
        media: autoselect (1000baseSX <full-duplex>) status: active 
        supported media: autoselect 1000baseSX <full-duplex> 1000baseS
+X

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In reply to Need help to parse the text by GS

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