Re^3: regex not working

[saskaqueer]

Yes, that will do exactly as you've stated. This is where you can try it yourself in a simple test case:

while ( chomp($_ = <DATA>) ) {
    print /^((\d+)\-(\d+)\-(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+):(\d+))/ ?
        "Matched on '$_': $1\n" : "Unmatched on '$_'\n";
}
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