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  1. #!/usr/bin/perl
  2.  
  3. use strict;
  4. use warnings;
  5.  
  6. my ($accumulator,$chat,$username,$chars,$timestamp);
  7.  
  8. my @output_lines = <STDIN>;
  9.  
  10. foreach (@output_lines)
  11. {
  12.     $accumulator .= $_;
  13.  
  14.    ($chat,$username,$chars,$timestamp) = $accumulator =~ m/(?im)^\s*(.+)\s+(\w+[-,\.]\w+)\s+(\d+)\s+([0-1]?\d\/[0-3]?\d\/[1-2]\d{3}\s+[0-2]?\d:[0-5]?\d\s?[ap]m)\s*$/;
  15.     $chat =~ s/\s+$// if $chat;  #remove trailing spaces
  16.  
  17.     if ( $accumulator =~ /(?i)([0-2]?\d:[0-5]?\d\s?[ap]m)/ ) {
  18.         print "SECTION matched\n";
  19.         print "-"x70,"\n";
  20.         print "$accumulator";
  21.         print "-"x70,"\n";
  22.         print "chat -> ${chat}\n";
  23.         print "username -> ${username}\n";
  24.         print "chars -> ${chars}\n";
  25.         print "timestamp -> ${timestamp}\n\n";
  26.         $accumulator = '';  # reset the line accumulator
  27.     }
  28. }
  29.  
  30.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 6132KB
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stdin 
Hello Line1 FirstName.LastName 10 3/23/2011 2:46 PM

Hello Line2

                     Line2FirstName-LastName       8       7/17/2015 1:15 PM 
Line2Testing - 12323232323 Hello There

Hello Line3 Line3FirstName.LastName 8 3/21/2011 2:46 PM

Hello Line4

                     Line4FirstName-LastName       8       9/17/2015 1:20 PM
stdout 
SECTION matched
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello Line1 FirstName.LastName 10 3/23/2011 2:46 PM
----------------------------------------------------------------------
chat -> Hello Line1
username -> FirstName.LastName
chars -> 10
timestamp -> 3/23/2011 2:46 PM

SECTION matched
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello Line2

                     Line2FirstName-LastName       8       7/17/2015 1:15 PM 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
chat -> Hello Line2
username -> Line2FirstName-LastName
chars -> 8
timestamp -> 7/17/2015 1:15 PM

SECTION matched
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Line2Testing - 12323232323 Hello There

Hello Line3 Line3FirstName.LastName 8 3/21/2011 2:46 PM
----------------------------------------------------------------------
chat -> Hello Line3
username -> Line3FirstName.LastName
chars -> 8
timestamp -> 3/21/2011 2:46 PM

SECTION matched
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello Line4

                     Line4FirstName-LastName       8       9/17/2015 1:20 PM----------------------------------------------------------------------
chat -> Hello Line4
username -> Line4FirstName-LastName
chars -> 8
timestamp -> 9/17/2015 1:20 PM
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language:
Perl (perl 5.28.1)
created:
9 years ago
visibility:
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