Hi All,

I'm novice to perl. I have log from a device like this.

jan 15 20:08:05 Played: abc news URL: abc.com
jan 15 20:09:10 Stopped: abc news
jan 15 20:11:11 Played: Discovery URL: discovery.com
jan 15 20:15:33 Stopped: Discover
jan 15 20:15:28 Played: CNN URL:cnn.com
jan 15 20:20:12 Stopped: CNN
jan 15 20:21:54 Played: Discovery URL: discovery.com
jan 15 20:31:54 Stopped: Discovery

My requirement is to match for any played lines and extract time i.e.jan 15 20:08:05 and video title, i could easily do this by taking entire file in array and searching 'Played' string. But it doesn't end there, i also need to look for next immediate stopped time of that title and calculate the total duration of the playback.
e.g: playback time of "abc news 1m 05 sec"
Please help experts.

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