Parse output

[flynnbg]

Hi first posting here.

I'm using perl to connect via port to a remote box which then runs a command which appears in a array from the call box. I'm parsing the output, but seem to be having a problem with syntax. I wonder if someone could help.

Output in array

HOSTNAME xxxxx
CPU 1.2
MEM 53M
ARB-MDATA-1
ARB-MDATA-2
MTL-MDATA-1
Dup
ARB-MDATA-1
ARB-MDATA-2
MTL-MDATA-1
NYC-MDATA-5

from my script I can get everything working apart from reading "Dup" as the delimiter.

foreach $any (@highway) {
        if ($any =~ "CPU") {
                $cpu = $any ;
        } elsif ($any =~ "MEM") {
                $mem = $any ;
        } elsif ($any =~ "HOSTNAME") {
                $rvr_host = $any ;
        } else {
                until ($any eq $dup) {
                        push (@config, $any) ;
                }
        push (@live, $any) ;
        }
}

any pointers would be appreciated.

[nithinpes]

The until loop inside foreach loop will result in infinite loop as for each iteration the $any will be having a single value, using until loop without any modification of the value will result in infinite loop.

If I am understanding it right, you are trying to push all lines before 'Dup' to @config and that after it to @live (after taking out other $cpu, $mem & $rvr_host). Here is one way of doing it:

foreach $any (@highway) { 
        if ($any =~ "CPU") { 
                $cpu = $any ; 
        } elsif ($any =~ "MEM") { 
                $mem = $any ; 
        } elsif ($any =~ "HOSTNAME") { 
                $rvr_host = $any ; 
        } else { 
           push @live,$any unless($any=~/Dup/) ; 
           if($any=~/Dup/) {@config=@live; @live=();}
        } 
}