Hello, i want to parse this String:
version 3.5.1 { $pid_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/var/locks/ $bin_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/bin/ service smbd { bin = ${bin_dir}smbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}smbd.pid } service nmbd { bin = ${bin_dir}nmbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}nmbd.pid } service winbindd { bin = ${bin_dir}winbindd -D pid = ${pid_dir}winbindd.pid } } version 3.2.14 { $pid_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/var/locks/ $bin_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/bin/ service smbd { bin = ${bin_dir}smbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}smbd.pid } service nmbd { bin = ${bin_dir}nmbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}nmbd.pid } service winbindd { bin = ${bin_dir}winbindd -D pid = ${pid_dir}winbindd.pid } } Step 1: version 3.2.14 { $pid_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/var/locks/ $bin_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/bin/ service smbd { bin = ${bin_dir}smbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}smbd.pid } service nmbd { bin = ${bin_dir}nmbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}nmbd.pid } service winbindd { bin = ${bin_dir}winbindd -D pid = ${pid_dir}winbindd.pid } } Step 2: service smbd { bin = ${bin_dir}smbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}smbd.pid } Step 3: $pid_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/var/locks/ $bin_dir = /opt/samba-3.5.1/bin/ Step 4: bin = ${bin_dir}smbd -D pid = ${pid_dir}smbd.pid My Regular Expressions: version[\s]*[\w\.]*[\s]*\{[\w\s\n\t\{\}=\$\.\-_\/]*\} service[\s]*[\w]*[\s]*\{([\n\s\w\=]*(\$\{[\w_]*\})*[\w\s\-=\.]*)*\} I think it was no good Solution. I'am trying with Groups: (service[\s\w]*)\{([\n\w\s=\$\-_\.]*) but this part makes Problems: ${bin_dir} Kind Regards Richi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list