From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2009-10-13T04:40:13+09:00
Subject: Re: remove specific text from line

On 10/12/09, Collin Moore <collin.moore@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> thanks for all the help on my previous question, but now I am trying to
> clean up the output of some text output.
>
> currently I have:
> Time@110.075: EVENT: [LOG] *** DEBUG ACTION ***
>
> and I'd like it to have:
> 110.075:DEBUG ACTION
>
> : just for easy import into excel.
>
> Here is the current ruby file I am working with where is looked for
> lines with DEBUG and START in them.
>
> File.open('output.txt', 'w') do |f2|
> File.readlines("original.txt").each do |line|
>  if line =~ /DEBUG/ || line =~ /START/
>     f2.puts line
>   end
> end
> end
>
> Any ideas?

You want a regexp. Something like this should work. (Stick it in
before the puts line.) (You may need to customize depending on your
exact requirements.)

line.sub!(/^Time@ (\d+\.\d+):.*\*{3} ([A-Z]+ [A-Z]+) \*{3}$/){ $1+':'+$2 }