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in reply to Re^5: Question about the most efficient way to read Apache log files without All-In-One Modules from CPAN (personal learning exercise)
in thread Question about the most efficient way to read Apache log files without All-In-One Modules from CPAN (personal learning exercise)

which is a little bit odd, since I don't recall attempting to provide a pre-solved solution myself, but whatever.

If the point is to provide a learning exercise in how split can bite you in the ass, then fine.

(or if Apache really does go to some pains to make sure spaces never show up in the various log fields -- say by always representing them as + or %20 -- then yay, but I'm not sure this is actually true.)