What I'd like this code-snippet to do, is match "Schedule: Full" or "Schedule: CINC" with whatever day of week/time is associated with that particular schedule. I've hacked something together, although not elegant, that will, at least, grab the first and second match of "Schedule:". For the life of me, I can't figure out how to grab the day of week and time. Here's the code: 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

use strict;

while (my $line = <DATA>) {
  chomp $line;
  my $count = 0 ;
  if ($line =~ /schedule:(\s+)(\w+)/gi){
    my $count++;
    if ($count == 1){ my $first = $2; print "first one is $first\n"; }
    if ($count == 2){ my $second = $2; print "second one is $second\n"
+; }
  }
}

__DATA__
Schedule:          Full
   Type:            Full Backup
   Frequency:       every 1 day
   Retention Level: 2 (5 weeks)
   Maximum MPX:     1
   Residence:       (specific storage unit not required)
   Volume Pool:     (same as class volume pool)
   Daily Windows:
         Saturday   02:00:00  -->  Saturday   12:00:00

Schedule:          CINC
   Type:            Cumulative Incremental Backup
   Frequency:       every 1 day
   Retention Level: 2 (5 weeks)
   Maximum MPX:     1
   Residence:       (specific storage unit not required)
   Volume Pool:     (same as class volume pool)
   Daily Windows:
         Sunday     02:00:00  -->  Sunday     12:00:00
         Monday     02:00:00  -->  Monday     12:00:00
         Tuesday    02:00:00  -->  Tuesday    12:00:00
         Wednesday  02:00:00  -->  Wednesday  12:00:00
         Thursday   02:00:00  -->  Thursday   12:00:00
         Friday     02:00:00  -->  Friday     12:00:00

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If I ran this program in it's completed state today (Monday), it would return:

"Sunday 02:00:00"

I suppose that I could populate an array with "days of week" and test "today" against the data, but I cannot figure out logic which would be able to figure out whether or not "today" is schedule "Full" or schedule "CINC"

Anyone willing to help an SA, in need of a long vacation away from backups?

In reply to Positional Pattern-Matching by blink

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