use strict;
my $str = 'Aug 15 00:01:06 **** sm-mta*** to=<user1@gmail.com>,<user2@yahoo.com>,user3@aol.com, some_more_stuff
Aug 16 13:16:09 **** sendmail*** to=<user4@yahoo.com>, some_more_stuff
Aug 17 11:14:48 **** sm-mta*** to=<user5@gmail.com>,<user6@gmail.com>, some_more_stuff';
my $regex = qr/(?:^(?=.*sm-mta)|\G(?!^)).*?@\K[^\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