>Update - I see the spaces in the filenames were addressed here message#
1543391 - EndUpdate
>
>
>I suppose this is related to thread#
1588792>
>I don't really see a problem if there are consecutive spaces in the filename since we know that the filename is the last part(s) of the line
>
>(1)
>If you parse with string.Split
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131448.aspx do not use StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries
>
>
>string s = "1 2 3 4";
>string[] elements = s.Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.None);
>>When you traverse the result, each empty string in the array represents an extra space char in the original string
>The parsing is a bit more difficult
>
>(2) if you parse with Regex, since the filename is in the last parts you can take advantage of the $ anchor
>
>(message#
1543374) changed as follows
>
>- the last line - lots of spaces in the file name
>- the pattern for the filename
>was [\S]+)$
>becomes .+)$
>
>The filename of the last line is correctly parsed
>
> internal static void Go()
> {
> string[] lines =
> { @"drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 Feb 6 15:46 .",
> @"drw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 Feb 6 15:46 ..",
> @"-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 4825 May 3 2010 Account.png",
> @"-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 5242 May 3 2010 Administration.png",
> @"-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 4117 Apr 17 2011 Agent.png",
> @"-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 1402 Dec 30 2005 AmazonCA.gif",
> @"-rw-rw-r-- 1 wliclus weblogic 308121 Jun 1 2011 tlv_01_jackk_2011615315_1185655_001_23327701.zip",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 78145990 Nov 4 2011 101.zip",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 35492 Apr 14 2011 20110414.40E",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 33583 Apr 14 2011 20110414.421",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 40815 Apr 14 2011 20110414.483",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 24836 Apr 14 2011 20110414.ARC",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 4737 May 5 2011 4A16PBE1.txt",
> @"-r-xr-xr-x 1 owner group 4737 Jan 18 13:50 4A17A7B1 aa bbb cccccc.txt"
> };
>
> string pattern = @"^(?<Permissions>\S+)\s+(?<Links>\d+)\s+(?<User>\w+)\s+(?<Group>\w+)\s+(?<FileSize>\d+)\s+(?<Month>\w+)\s+(?<Day>\d+)\s+((?<Year>\d{4})|(?<Time>\d+:\d+(:\d+)?))\s+(?<FileName>.+)$";
>
>
>
> foreach (string line in lines)
> {
> Match m = Regex.Match(line, pattern);
>
> if (m.Success)
> {
> Console.WriteLine("Month {0}", m.Groups["Month"]);
> Console.WriteLine("Day {0}", m.Groups["Day"]);
> Console.WriteLine("Year {0}", m.Groups["Year"]);
> Console.WriteLine("Time {0}", m.Groups["Time"]);
> Console.WriteLine("Size {0}", m.Groups["FileSize"]);
> Console.WriteLine("FileName {0}", m.Groups["FileName"]);
> }
> else
> Console.WriteLine("No match");
>
> }
>
>
> Console.ReadLine();
>
>
> }
>Thanks, but I prefer to have something that I can read and evolve in exactly the way I want, especially if I have to move the framework into another development environment in the future.
