use strict;
my $str = '* 1 FETCH (UID 2 BODY[] {7765}
data to be extracted
from here!
)
* 2 FETCH (UID 3 BODY[] {443}
data to be extracted
from here!
)
* 3 FETCH (UID 4 BODY[] {4432}
data to be extracted
from here!
)
* 4 FETCH (UID 5 BODY[] {123}
data to be extracted
from here!
)
SS01 OK Success';
my $regex = qr/\{\d+\}$[\r\n]+([\s\S]+?)^\)$/mp;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html