Hello Monks I have a log file which gives data in either of the following ways

Script /opt/OV/bin/OpC/agtinstall/inst.sh invoked by root at 02/25/11
14:36:48
<code>
or

<code>
Script /opt/OV/bin/OpC/agtinstall/inst.sh invoked by root at 02/25/11 
+14:36:48
[download]

I need to get the date time values. How do i proceed so whatever be the format, i can grep the date time value. Hello Monks. I have got it working Here is my code snippet

open(INFILE,"install.log")|| die("File not found");

while($line = <INFILE>)

{
    if ($line =~ /((\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+))\Z/g)
    
    {
        $match = $&;
        
        $nextline = <INFILE>;
        
        
        $start="$match$nextline";

        if($start =~ /(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+)(\d+)/)
        {
            print $4,"\n";
        }
    } # end if  if
    
    elsif ($line =~ /invoked by root at ((\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+))\s+(\d+):
+(\d+):(\d+)\Z/)
    
    {
        print  $&;
    }
[download]

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.