I have a flat file with rows and rows of data, in this file I need to skip most lines, but others I need to extract data from. Below is an example of a line that I need to pull data from and what data I need. Does anyone have an idea of what to match on and how to pull that data?

DATA:

e:\logfiles\beardstownbase.log [3] Thu 22Jun06 08:07:19 - (006415) Sent file d:\data\58bn5904.dat successfully (25.0 Kb/sec - 859216 bytes)

It will look like this every time only the information I need will change other items to key from will remain the same.

I need to key off of the following the .dat & successfully when I find those two on the same line I want to extract the following using a Regex. Other lines Skip.

From example Data I would want to pull:

beardstownbase,Thu 22Jun06 08:07:19,58bn5904,859216 bytes

knowing that each of these feilds will change, but surrounding data will not change. Ideas?

I could see keying off of the //'s and the -' or ('s...

In reply to Regex Help pulling Data from a string by batcater98

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