Multiline Regex Issue

jaldama has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm trying to extract a string that is found between [] brackets on multiple lines, but I can't seem to get it right. Any advice?

if ($file =~ m/\[(.*?)\]/m ) {
    my $inside = $1;
    print "$inside\n";
}
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The $file looks something like this:

Something [
'name',
'joe',
'bopeep'
]
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Re: Multiline Regex Issue by moritz (Cardinal) on Feb 02, 2012 at 19:11 UTC
The `/m` modifier only affects how `^` and `$` work, so it's useless for you. You need `/s`, which makes the dot match newlines too. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Multiline Regex Issue by kennethk (Abbot) on Feb 02, 2012 at 19:22 UTC
Obligatory docs link: Modifiers The OP's input looks suspiciously like JSON, in which case they should consider using the JSON module.	[reply]
Re^2: Multiline Regex Issue by jaldama (Acolyte) on Feb 02, 2012 at 21:52 UTC
n00b mistake	[reply]