Well, instead of clearing a buffer, write the regular expression in the way that it would match only once. Note that by default ^ and $ match only the beginning and end of the buffer, not the newlines in it. For example, (.*)\n(.*)$ matches two last lines from the buffer. kind regards, risto
On 03/28/2011 10:20 AM, Varun Shankar wrote: > Risto > > Thanks for your help. Yes it worked. But I am facing another problem here. > Say I mention --bufsize=500 and use ptype=RegExp500 > > Now say 20 lines are logged in the input file. It matches correctly. > Next time 50 more lines are logged in the input file, but this time the > previous 20 lines are still there in the buffer. So the regular > expression matches them also. > How can I clear the input buffer each time? > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Risto Vaarandi <risto.vaara...@seb.ee > <mailto:risto.vaara...@seb.ee>> wrote: > > On 03/25/2011 02:27 PM, Supratik Goswami wrote: > > Hi > > > > I want to extract everything with multiple lines between two markers. > > > > I want to display everything between: > > > > /WY_LOG_TYPE_ERROR <<**/ > > > > > > /**>>/ > > / > > / > > / > > / > > So if the text entered in the log file > > > > /WY_LOG_TYPE_ERROR <<**/ > > /================================/ > > / 2011-03-25 06:08:30/ > > /================================/ > > /Blah blah blah/ > > / > > / > > / > > /Blah blah blah/ > > / > > / > > / > > / > > /Blah blah blah/ > > / > > / > > / > > / > > /Blah blah blah/ > > / > > / > > / > > /**>>/ > > > > It should match and display everything between the two markers > including > > the markers. > > > > I tried the following regular expression patterns but it is not > working: > > > > * pattern=(?s)WY_LOG_TYPE_ERROR\s*<<\*\*(.)*>>\*\* > > * pattern=(?s)WY_LOG_TYPE_ERROR\s*<<\*\*(.|\n)*>>\*\* > > * pattern=WY_LOG_TYPE_ERROR\s*<<\*\*(.|\n)*>>\*\* > > > > > > Can you please tell me what I am missing here. > > If you want to match multiple lines at once, you should also set 'ptype' > field accordingly -- instead of RegExp, you have to use RegExpN. Also, > default maximum value for N is 10, so if you want to match more than 10 > lines at once, you have to set --bufsize command line option > accordingly. > regards, > risto > > > > > -- > > Warm Regards > > > > Supratik > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to > meet the > > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. > Businesses > > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your > software > > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability > Checker > > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Simple-evcorr-users mailing list > > Simple-evcorr-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Simple-evcorr-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/simple-evcorr-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to > meet the > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your > software > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > _______________________________________________ > Simple-evcorr-users mailing list > Simple-evcorr-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Simple-evcorr-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/simple-evcorr-users > > > > > -- > Regards, > Varun Shankar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Simple-evcorr-users mailing list Simple-evcorr-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/simple-evcorr-users
