use strict;
my $str = 'jvm_buffer_memory_used_bytes{id="direct",} 81920.0
jvm_buffer_memory_used_bytes{id="mapped",} 0.0
jvm_threads_live 23.0
tomcat_global_received_bytes_total{name=" http - nio -8080",} 0.0
tomcat_global_received_bytes_total{name="http-nio-8080",} 0.0
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_count{action="end of minor GC",cause="Allocation Failure",} 7.0
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_sum{action="end of minor GC",cause="Allocation Failure",} 0.232
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_count{action="end of minor GC",cause="Metadata GC Threshold",} 1.0
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_sum{action="end of minor GC",cause="Metadata GC Threshold",} 0.01
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_count{action="end of major GC",cause="Metadata GC Threshold",} 1.0
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_sum{action="end of major GC",cause="Metadata GC Threshold",} 0.302
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_max{action="end of minor GC",cause="Allocation Failure",} 0.0
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_max{action="end of minor GC",cause="Metadata GC Threshold",} 0.0
jvm_gc_pause_seconds_max{action="end of major GC",cause="Metadata GC Threshold",} 0.0
jvm_gc_live_data_size_bytes 5.0657472E7';
my $regex = qr/(?<metric>.*)(?<fields>:{.*})? (?<value>.*)/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