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Old 09-08-2011
Parsing a long string string problem for procmail
Hi everyone,

I am working on fetchmail + procmail to filter mails and I am having problem with parsing a long line in the body of the email.

Could anyone help me construct a reg exp for this string below. It needs to match exactly as this string.

GetRyt |KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed


The body of the email is something like this.

|17:08:05.972|0x00000DD8|-1| GetRyt |KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed
|17:08:05.972|0x00000DD8|-1| GetNow |KLdipManagerImplnt::CondCallall: mibs: numbered output failed in queue

Thank in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-08-2011
Code:
grep 'GetRyt |KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed'

# 3  
Old 09-08-2011
procmail uses egrep regular expressions so something like this should work for you:

Code:
GetRyt \|KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed

# 4  
Old 09-09-2011
Hi Chubbler, i tried your solution but it didn't work. there's no match on the string.

If i remove the \ after | then it match anything that starts with GetRyt

Any idea?

thanks

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chubler_XL
procmail uses egrep regular expressions so something like this should work for you:

Code:
GetRyt \|KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed

# 5  
Old 09-10-2011
Hello everyone.

Anyone have idea how to make it work?

I dont get any match if I use the sample below and without \ im getting false match.

GetRyt \|KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed

Sample of the body of the message is something like this. I want to only match the first line of the sample.

|17:08:05.972|0x00000DD8|-1| GetRyt |KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: number output failed
|17:08:05.972|0x00000DD8|-1| GetRyt |KLdipManagerImpl::ConditionCalledCall: mib: numbered output failed in queue

thanks
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