use strict;
my $str = '--------------------------------------------------
0 127.0.0.1:1234 16 739casd1b747171ee9038fdbeb5440f(OK) Hans Dieter
1 127.0.0.1:1234 16 c196c8077727asd7d2bc691e109904dc(OK) House P
2 127.0.0.1:1234 15 9647c2fd98asdb7c7278e820bef701c(OK) EisFrau
3 127.0.0.1:1234 16 ed018ads96a17d55c62d4b6814(OK) [S.L]EisMann
4 127.0.0.1:1234 0 1f7b7fasd0bc3ce1c300a451b0d039(OK) 0MasterCore0
5 127.0.0.1:1234 78 dbf18b744dasd326e3585f4b11d4f40(OK) Abdul (6 users in total)"';
my $regex = qr/(\d+)\s+(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}:\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+([A-z\d]+)(\(OK\))?\s+((\w+[A-z]\w+\s+)+)/p;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html