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I need your guidance with filtering this log file since I am a bit novice when it comes to RegEx.

I have the following log file; 
==========            ========            =======    ====        =====
+=        ======    ==================
START TIME            END TIME            VERSION    USER        SOURC
+E        STATUS    STATUS DESCRIPTION
==========            ========            =======    ====        =====
+=        ======    ==================
August 26, 2004 1:21:04 AM    August 26, 2004 1:22:16 AM    2.0    sys
+tem        HA038974    Pending    [BATCHMODE]Started installation pro
+cess
September 5, 2004 2:49:03 AM    September 5, 2004 2:49:37 AM    2.0   
+ system        HA038974    Pending    [BATCHMODE]Started installation
+ process
September 16, 2004 12:32:34 PM    September 16, 2004 12:33:26 PM    2.
+1    [kotzel_sup]    HA038974    Pending    Started installation proc
+ess
September 16, 2004 4:44:28 PM    September 16, 2004 4:44:34 PM    2.1 
+   [kotzel_sup]    HA038974    Finished    23 Successful, 8 Failed

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I need to capture the start times (only the date without the times) the status and the status report.

So, I wrote this bit of code 
use strict;
open(HIST, "c:\\History.log") || die "\n$_ : No log file was found\n";
chomp(my @status = <HIST>);
for my $line (@status)
{
    next if ($line =~ /=+|START TIME|^\s+$/);
    #print "$line\n";
    $line =~ /^(.+)\s+\w+\s+(\w+)\s+(.+)$/;
    print "\n\n$1, \n$2, $3\n\n________________________\n"    ;
}

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However, its not working (* what a surprise *) and i think its because the RegEx is not correct.

I have rustled with it for sometime now, to no avail! Can an enlightened monk please give me some guidance or help me with this?

Thanks.

In reply to RegEx : Filtering a log file by Anonymous Monk

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