I'm trying to use the logic in my script that allows me to catch a line that differs in time by comparing field2 and field3. I managed to come up with an input file of this format for my comparison purpose:
name1##Thu Oct 18 14:33:23 2007 ## 2007-10-18 14:33:23.000000000 -0400 name2##Thu Feb 5 01:13:19 2009 ##2009-02-05 01:13:19.000000000 -0500 name3##Sat Jan 24 10:03:37 2009 ##2009-01-24 10:03:37.000000000 -0500 name8##Thu Feb 5 01:13:19 2009 ##2007-03-05 01:13:19.000000000 -0500 (... 1000s of similar entries) I don't care about the day. I'm trying to find if fileld2 matches with field3 in terms of dd-mon-YYYY HH:MM:SS. If they are not, I would like to print the line. Can someone please help me. I tried my feeble attempt in re-arranging the third filed but it does n't help me. In the above example, name1/2/3 are good. But name3 is incorrect. I would like to print out the entry if it's possibility. Please note "##' is my field separator. Thank you. Pad -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
