use strict;
my $str = ' Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.16-a0-3667-g690a316 (webtiles) character file.
462 8Escape the Ruffian (level 6, -2/47 HPs)
Began as a Bearkin Transmuter on Jan 31, 2015.
Slain by an orc
... wielding a +0 trident
(3 damage)
... on level 4 of the Dungeon.
The game lasted 00:28:53 (3698 turns).
8Escape the Ruffian (Bearkin Transmuter) Turns: 3698, Time: 00:28:53';
my $regex = qr/^.+version(.*) character file\.([\n\r]+)(\d+)([^\(]+) \([^\d]+( \d+),.+\n\s+.+as a(.+) on.+\n\s+(?:Was.+One\.\n)?((?:.|\n)+[!.])\n(?:.|\n)+\((\d+)(?:.|\n)+$/p;
my $subst = 'Version:$1\\nScore: $3\\nName:$4\\nCharacter:$6\\nLevel:$5\\nCause of Death/Victory: $7\\nTurns: $8';
my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/r;
print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";
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