use strict;
my $str = 'Aug 2 09:16:37 10.10.10.10 Aug 2 09:16:37 externals-cl fpc1 PFE_FW_SYSLOG_ETH_IP: FW: xe-1/0/0.0 D 0800 34:62:5a:74:8f:c3 -> 64:b2:9a:7e:1b:4a tcp 184.154.189.91 10.1.1.1 41860 465 (1 packets)';
my $regex = qr/\s(?<filter>PFE_FW_SYSLOG_ETH.*:)\sFW:\s(?<src_interface>[^ ]+)\s+(?<action>\w+).*(?<transport>tcp|udp|icmp)\s(?<src>(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})|(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}$)\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