in reply to Multi-line regex help needed

Maybe you could do a pseudo slurp:

my $slrp = ''; while(<$fh>){ if (/ ^('domain.com' address bit)$ ## regex to catch lines that match the +section start (capturing it too) /x){ ## you have found a new section so process the previous one ## provided you have already seen one... &process_slrp() if (defined$slrp); ## restart the slurp, starting with the new domain.com bit ...store $slrp somewhere appropriate... ## reset $slrp = $1; ## start again } else { ## it isn't the start of a section so stick it into the slurp $slrp .= $_; } }

Although i don't see why you can't slurp the whole file and do a multiline regex?

m{ (domain bit.+) ##domain bit and everything until Successful downloads:(.*) ## next title, capture everything else u +ntil.. Failed downloads:(.*) ## next title, capture everything until... etc... }mxog

This way you can directly parse out all the sections, even if they are not defined and stick them in an array to work with afterwards?

Just a something something...