my ($read, $found);
for (;;) {
    defined( $_ = <$fh> )
        or die("Premature eof\n");

    ($read, $found) = /^(\d+) items read, (\d+) found,/
        and last;
}

my @foos;
while (<$fh>) {
    next if /^Can't call method "disconnect"/;

    my ($field0, $field1, $field2) = /
        ^
        ( [a-z]+ )
        \s+
        (
           [a-z]{2} [0-9]{8}
           (?: : [a-z]{2} [0-9]{8} )*
        )
        \s+
        ( \d+(\.\d+)? )
        $
    /x
        or last;

    my @field1s = split /:/, $field1;
    push @foos, [ $field0, \@field1s, $field2 ];
}

... do something with $read, $found and @foos ...

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foo, field0, field1 and field2 need to be replaced with better names.

Update: Fixed bug.

In reply to Re: Regular Expression help by ikegami
in thread Regular Expression help by joec_

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