Dear Gods

I have the following example of a text log file: 
Samanchi JAM 3.5 FW   [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT**]
IM CBAS 4.0 IM-Global   [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT**]
Microsoft Office 2003 BU Configuration (IM-NA-02)
Microsoft Office XP Configuration (IM-01)
IM Rappa for Investment Management
Russell Performance Universes Fonts 2.1 IMG   [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT
+**]
IM CBAS PowerPointAddin 3.8a IM Global   [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT**]
IM CBAS Prod (WinDist)   [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT**]
LineData Services LongView 2000 2.5.5 MSIM-NY 
IM CBAS 4.0 IM-Global
IM GSD Prod (WinDist)   [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT**]
Microsoft Office 2003 BU Configuration (IM-NA-01)   [**REQUIRES USER C
+ONTEXT**]
Russell Performance Universes Fonts 2.1 IMG

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I want to capture every line that finishes off with [**REQUIRES USER CONTEXT**]. So I wrote this bit of code: 
print "$1\n" if $item =~ /(.+)\[\*+REQUIRES USER CONTEXT\*+\]$/;

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However, I get no output! The above does make sense to me, but obviously its not correct.

Can you kindly enlighten me please on the reason why I get no output, and how I can remediate it?

Thanks.
Blackadder

In reply to Traping [** using reg exp by blackadder

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