Parsing a Log File

[drushof]

hello im new with perl
i must do parse log file from networker

with format look like this :

Start time: 2-16-07 11:27a
Recovering files of client 'blablabla' from server 'bliblibli'.
Recover: Total estimated disk space needed for recover is 3 MB.
Recovering 5 files within D:\X\Y\ into E:\restore
Requesting 5 file(s), this may take a while...
E:\restore\blab la\blablabla.bl a
E:\restore\blab la\blablabla.bl i
E:\restore\blab la\blablabla.bl u
E:\restore\blab la\blablabla.bl e
E:\restore\blab la\blablabla.bl o
Received 5 file(s) from NSR server 'blablabla'
Recover completion time: Fri Feb 16 11:30:52 2007

and the data,i need:
start time,completion time,client name,server name,total file,and disk space

i have problem with regex,grep,spli t..is anyone can help me?
thx before =)

[drushof]

$line = 'Recovering 5 files within D:\X\Y\ into E:\restore';
if ($line =~ /^Recovering \d+ files within (\S+) into (\S+)/ ) {
   print "$1 $2";
}

sorry but in other case like 'Recovering 10 files within D:\X Y's\Z into E:\restore'
the code didnt work
what should i supposed to do to avoid the space and '

thx

[KevinADC]

You're going to have to read the tutorials I linked you to (or read whatever perl resource material you have). You will find the answers to your questions in those tutorials.