Re^15: Question about the most efficient way to read Apache log files without All-In-One Modules from CPAN (personal learning exercise)

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Also note that at NO point did the OP indicate any aversion to using existing packages

Apparently you didn't even read the title: without All-In-One Modules from CPAN.

we'll let the peanut gallery judge who in this thread is deathly afraid of being occasionally wrong about stuff.

Really? Is that what you think? Wrong again. Take a look: http://perlmonks.com/?node_id=3989;BIT=Sorry.;a=browseruk;Wi;M

I'm just bored with YAA; who's made zero attempt to talk to OP.

Had you put as much effort into trying to help the OP; as you have trying to prove that split isn't the only way to tackle the problem(*); you'd have achieved something worthwhile.

*But that was obvious from the start

As is, all you've done is waste everyone's time.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!

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Re^16: Question about the most efficient way to read Apache log files without All-In-One Modules from CPAN (personal learning exercise) by wrog (Friar) on Jun 19, 2015 at 17:06 UTC
wait, I thought you were bored and going away. what happened? 3. So, I reminded you: "He did ask for a learning exercise; not a pre-solved solution.". At no point did I provide a pre-solved solution, I simply indicated directions to pursue, just like you did. Except I provided 2 different ones that were more likely to be useful. Sorry about that; I'll try to do worse next time. 4. So you come back with this guess: "(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.)". Which is demonstrably wrong! Which inexplicably links to the HTTP/URI specs, which as I have repeatedly pointed out has nothing to do with this. (I'm beginning to wonder if I know more about the innards of Apache than you do) 5. You retort with: "which says nothing about logname and user,". Look at the regex above! Wrong again. Right. The regexp which doesn't always get used (which you'd know if you'd bothered to read the code at least as carefully as I did, which I'll admit wasn't all that carefully, but sufficed...). 6. And "nor does it guarantee that the HTTP command field always consists of exactly 3 space-separated components ". Also wrong! Oh look, another link to the HTTP spec. Meanwhile, I provide not one but TWO sources of counterexamples (script kiddies, and 408 lines, neither of which are particularly rare) that could lead to the HTTP command in the log file not consisting of 3 space-separated components -- the sorts of things that would screw up a split solution ... that the OP would most likely want to know about (and are hence worth mentioning) 7. So then you throw "10.54.33.35 - - 18/Jun/2015:09:05:55 -0700 "-" 408 0" into the mix. And, as I've shown above, that would (without special handling) break most pre-solved solutions; Yet another statement pulled out of your ass that turns out not to be true which then has to be corrected (again Apache::Log::Parser works just fine, thank you very much) which I'll remind you: the OP explicitly didn't want. Never mind that you are the only one in this thread who's been bringing up pre-solved solutions. So who exactly is wasting everybody's time again? This is exactly the sort of behavior that you decry in others. Heaven forbid anybody should call you out on your own bullshit.	[reply]
Re^17: Question about the most efficient way to read Apache log files without All-In-One Modules from CPAN (personal learning exercise) by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Jun 20, 2015 at 13:46 UTC
"...Yet another statement pulled out of your ass...your own bullshit..." Now pipe down and come back to the basic theme. Given this task for learning experience: Parse a Apache Logfile Format is `<LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common>` Extract the seven fields Don't use a module Special cases don't matter Note: Your data must look like this: `my $line = qq(127.0.0.1 - - [22/Apr/2015:13:35:04 +1000] "GET /bin/admin.pl HTTP/1.1" 401 509);`, as in the example by kcott. Inquisitorial question: How would you accomplish this? I think the OP would appreciate this very much. Karl P.S.: Cnagf qbja abj naq fubj gung qnza pbqr! ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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