From: Scott <bauer.mail@...>
Date: 2006-08-20T09:20:09+09:00
Subject: Re: {} as record separators?

Wow, this can't be "The Ruby Way", but it works:

def nagios_data(data)
	blocks = data.strip.split(/.*\}\n(?=\w+\s+\{)/)
	blocks.map do |nagios_data|
		data_points = nagios_data.split("\n")
		# you can possibly use this as a hash key if they will be unique
		# block_name = data_points[0][/\w+/]
		data_points[1..-1].inject({}) do |values, data_point|
			unless data_point =~ /\s+\}/
				key, value = data_point.strip.sub(/#.*$/, "").split(/\s*=\s*/, 2)
				values[key.intern] = value
			end
			values
		end		
	end	
end

require 'pp'

pp nagios_data(File.read("status.dat"))