Eri Mendz wrote: > > dear wiggins and all, > > first off, thanks for your replies. you guys are very helpful. > > yep i found the errant lines in the log causing the problem. i deleted > them lines and errors gone. i wasn't able to improve much the script i > started. its kinda hard dividing my non-programming work and perl > together. > > i take this chance to thank John W. Krahn for providing answer to my > problem. His code does it and i modified it a bit:
You're welcome. :-) > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; > > my $time = 0; > while (<>){ > next unless /Connect time ([\d.]+) minutes/; > $time += $1 / 60; > } > printf "time consumed is %.2f hours\n", $time; > > question: in the regexp above, inside the character class, is the dot > any char or a literal dot? i read it as: either a digit or a dot, one or > more times. Nice day all. Inside the character class the dot is a literal dot John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]