Re^2: Test Code to read data from file

[1hab]

 Example:

Time stamp   Source IP address     Destination IP address
10:10:00     10.10.12.2            10.10.12.20       

Protocol
TCP
Thank you so much for your excelent and quick response.

This is what I was trying to do, and that is to print four headers (ta
+ble), then insert the information below each header.  But since I cou
+ld NOT do that, I tried and asked for help to print the whole line, t
+his way I would have all infomation needed.  I will keep working at i
+t, but I would greatly appreciated any suggestions.  regards, 1hab

[GrandFather]

Generally ask about the real issue. You are likely to get a better solution and may learn more in the process. The following code uses a regular expression to extract the data I think you want based on the sample you have supplied. It may not do exactly what you require, but learn about regular expressions and alter the match as required.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $fileData = <<FILE;
19:39:44.765096 IP 10.195.32.212.49152 > 255.255.255.255.trivnet1: UDP
+, length 12
19:39:44.765572 IP 10.195.32.212.49152 > 239.0.82.11.trivnet1: UDP, le
+ngth 12
19:39:45.202568 IP 10.195.32.96.61804 > 255.255.255.255.sentinelsrm: U
+DP, length 40
19:39:45.265116 IP 10.195.32.212.49152 > 255.255.255.255.trivnet1: UDP
+, length 12
19:39:45.265590 IP 10.195.32.212.49152 > 239.0.82.11.trivnet1: UDP, le
+ngth 12
19:39:45.411153 IP 10.195.32.198.netbios-ns > 10.195.32.255.netbios-ns
+: NBT UDP PACKET(137): QUERY; REQUEST; BROADCAST
19:39:45.412136 IP 10.195.32.198.netbios-dgm > 10.195.32.255.netbios-d
+gm: NBT UDP PACKET(138)
19:39:45.620442 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8020.00:22
+:56:29:3a:00.8014, length 43
19:39:45.765086 IP 10.195.32.212.49152 > 255.255.255.255.trivnet1: UDP
+, length 12
FILE
my @headRow = ('Time stamp', 'Source IP address', 'Destination IP addr
+ess');
my $rowFormat = "%-17s %-22s %-22s\n";

open my $fIn, '<', \$fileData;
printf $rowFormat, @headRow;

while (<$fIn>) {
    my ($time, $from, $to) = /(.{8})\.\d+ IP ([\d.]+)\.\d+ > ([\d.]+)\
+./;
    
    next if ! defined $to;
    printf $rowFormat, $time, $from, $to;
}

Prints:

Time stamp        Source IP address      Destination IP address
19:39:44          10.195.32.212          255.255.255.255       
19:39:44          10.195.32.212          239.0.82.11           
19:39:45          10.195.32.96           255.255.255.255       
19:39:45          10.195.32.212          255.255.255.255       
19:39:45          10.195.32.212          239.0.82.11           
19:39:45          10.195.32.212          255.255.255.255