#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; # LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common my $re = qr{ ^ ( \S+ ) # capture remote host (%h) \s+ ( \S+ ) # capture remote logname (%l) \s+ ( \S+ ) # capture remote user (%u) \s+ \[ ( [^\]]+ ) # capture request time (%t) without brackets \] \s+ " ( (?: [^"\\]++ | \\. )*+ ) # capture first line of request (%r) " \s+ ( \d+ ) # capture final status (%>s) \s+ ( \d+ ) # capture response size in bytes (%b) $ }x; my $format = join '', "Host: %s\n", "Logname: %s\n", "User: %s\n", "Time: %s\n", "Request: %s\n", "Status: %d\n", "Size: %d\n\n"; printf $format, /$re/ while ; __DATA__ 127.0.0.1 - - [22/Apr/2015:13:35:04 +1000] "GET /bin/admin.pl HTTP/1.1" 401 509 127.0.0.1 - ken [22/Apr/2015:13:35:21 +1000] "GET /bin/admin.pl HTTP/1.1" 500 656 127.0.0.1 - - [24/Apr/2015:04:51:49 +1000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 45