So everybody wants to know what I have been working on. I finally got permission to post this:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $Pixarport = 7498; my $host = "lex"; my $Pixarfile = $Pixarport."@".$host; my @line; my $line; my @features_array; my @handles_array; my $handles; my $features; my $sizeof; my $counter = 0; my $answer; my $string; LOOKING_LINES: while(@line = `cat clicenses_output`){ foreach $line(@line){ next unless $line =~ /\S/; $line =~ s/^\s+//; @features_array = split /\s/, $line; #split $line along whitespace and place into an array LOOKING_USERS: if ($features_array[0] eq "Users") { ($features = $features_array[2]) =~ s/://; #assign second element into $features and remove colon print "features: ".$features."\n"; LOOKING_HANDLES: while (@line = `cat clicenses_output`){ if ($line =~ /Users/) { @features_array = split /\s/, $line; #split $line along whitespace and place into an array goto LOOKING_USERS; } next unless $line =~ /\S/; $line =~ s/^\s+//; @handles_array = split /\s/, $line; #split $line along whitespace and place into an array $sizeof = scalar(@handles_array); if ($sizeof >= 9 && $handles_array[0] eq "manny"){ ($handles = $handles_array[5]) =~ s/\),//; #assign ninth element into $handles and remove ), print "Do you wish to remove the floating license: ".$features." (Y or N)?"."\n"; $string = join " ", @handles_array; print $string."\n"; print "answer: ".$answer; #if ($answer =~ /^[yY]$/) { #print "lmutil lmremove -c ".$Pixarfile." -h ".$features." ".$host." ".$Pixarport." ".$handles."\n"; #} } #} } } } At this point of time, this script doesn't completely work. The input it is supposed to processed looks like this: Feature usage info: Users of PhotoRealistic-RenderMan: (Total of 15 licenses issued; Total of 11 licenses in use) "PhotoRealistic-RenderMan" v12.000, vendor: pixard floating license 3d cell26 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 2106), start Fri 12/10 18:20 3d cell2 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 1126), start Fri 12/10 18:07 3d cell4 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 6023), start Fri 12/10 18:07 3d cell3 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 7207), start Fri 12/10 18:08 3d cell3 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 9307), start Fri 12/10 18:08 3d cell4 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 9504), start Fri 12/10 18:09 3d cell26 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 933), start Fri 12/10 18:15 3d cell20 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 1810), start Fri 12/10 18:18 3d cell20 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 711), start Fri 12/10 18:18 3d cell25 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 4306), start Fri 12/10 18:20 3d cell5 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 3514), start Fri 12/10 18:07 Users of PRMan-INTEL: (Total of 15 licenses issued; Total of 11 licenses in use) "PRMan-INTEL" v12.000, vendor: pixard floating license 3d cell26 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 1030), start Fri 12/10 18:20 3d cell2 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 1219), start Fri 12/10 18:07 3d cell4 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 6121), start Fri 12/10 18:07 3d cell3 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 3422), start Fri 12/10 18:08 3d cell3 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 3727), start Fri 12/10 18:08 3d cell4 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 2713), start Fri 12/10 18:09 3d cell26 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 3824), start Fri 12/10 18:15 3d cell20 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 4532), start Fri 12/10 18:18 3d cell20 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 4713), start Fri 12/10 18:18 3d cell25 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 6208), start Fri 12/10 18:20 3d cell5 /dev/tty (v12.0) (lex/7498 5912), start Fri 12/10 18:07 Users of PRMan-INTEL-NT: (Total of 15 licenses issued; Total of 0 licenses in use) Or at least that is a portion of it. Basically, I need to go though and grab the features, which are license names such as PRMan-INTEL-NT. Then the script starts looking for handles until it hits Users again. In the line: manny mannymac.entityfx.com /dev/tty (v6.000) (lex/7111 503), start Fri 12/10 12:17 503 is the handle. Originally, this script took input directly from <STDIN>, but now I want to use <STDIN> to process yes or no from the user, so I am taking input from `cat clicenses_output`. Eventually, the latter command will be replaced with `check_licenses`. They produce the same output. This is the line giving me issues: LOOKING_HANDLES: while (@line = `cat clicenses_output`); Basically, after I grab $feature I need to move to the next element of the array @line and start looking at each element until I hit Users again (in which case I grab the feature and the process begins again). So how do I make the big jump to that next element? ===== "I'm the last person to pretend that I'm a radio. I'd rather go out and be a color television set." -David Bowie "Who dares wins" -British military motto "The freak is the norm." - "The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman" by Angela Carter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>