Re^5: Robocopy log parsing

Pointer re choroba's answer: perlre, perlretut, etc. As you've written the regex, it's effectively a noop because you haven't assigned a value to $dir.

Beyond that, it may be that your intent and the regex's behavior don't agree. The \n is the wrong way to tackle the end of a line -- if, in fact, you need to anchor to an EOL... but you haven't offered any information to suggest it's needed at all.

So, perhaps you want something like this (after assigning a value to $dir):

$dir =~ m/([a-z:]+).*?/; $dir = $1; print $dir;

The parens capture to $1 the content matching a-z & colon more than one time... for ex, "C:"

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Re^6: Robocopy log parsing by bit5nip3r (Initiate) on May 29, 2012 at 09:22 UTC
Thanks for this. "Example" - is a typical log file entry I have: `New Dir 16 x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ New File 126862 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File 48640 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File 96494 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File 105466 xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File 653655 xxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File 542396 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New Dir 6 y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\ New File 41984 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy New File 10007 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy New File 1.3 m yyyyyy.yyy` [download] "Result" - what I want to achieve is this: New Dir 16 x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ New File x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ 126862 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +xxxxx.xxx New File x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ 48640 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +xxxxxxx.xxx New File x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ 96494 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +xxxx.xxx New File x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ 105466 xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ 653655 xxxxxxxxxx.xxx New File x:\xxxxxx\xxx\ 542396 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx New Dir 6 y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\ New File y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\ 41984 + yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy New File y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\ 10007 + yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy New File y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\ 1.3 m + yyyyyy.yyy [download] It's almost there except I can't get the full folder path to match its associated file(s) To get $dir to work, does that go within my loop?	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^6: Robocopy log parsing
by bit5nip3r (Initiate) on May 29, 2012 at 09:22 UTC

Thanks for this. "Example" - is a typical log file entry I have:

New Dir         16    x:\xxxxxx\xxx\
        New File            126862    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File             48640    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File             96494    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File            105466    xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File            653655    xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File            542396    xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
      New Dir          6    y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\
        New File             41984    yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy
        New File             10007    yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy
        New File             1.3 m    yyyyyy.yyy
[download]

"Result" - what I want to achieve is this:

New Dir         16    x:\xxxxxx\xxx\
        New File  x:\xxxxxx\xxx\          126862    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+xxxxx.xxx
        New File  x:\xxxxxx\xxx\           48640    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+xxxxxxx.xxx
        New File  x:\xxxxxx\xxx\           96494    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+xxxx.xxx
        New File  x:\xxxxxx\xxx\          105466    xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File  x:\xxxxxx\xxx\          653655    xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New File  x:\xxxxxx\xxx\          542396    xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
        New Dir          6    y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\
        New File  y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\           41984   
+ yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy
        New File  y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\           10007   
+ yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.yyy
        New File  y:\yyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyyyyyy\yyyyyyy\           1.3 m   
+ yyyyyy.yyy
[download]

It's almost there except I can't get the full folder path to match its associated file(s)

To get $dir to work, does that go within my loop?

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]