[ale] Help Processing a Log File

[Jonathan Glass]

I'm trying to parse a printer log file.  Here is a snippet of a single
print job (I added the extra lines for legibility):
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jobstart '-HMUTT' '-nomard' '-Plp' '-kcfA008MUTT' '-b752686'
'-t2003-02-18-16:15:53.000'

start '-q29645' '-p241810' '-t2003-02-18-16:15:55.087' '-Aomard at MUTT+8'
'-nomard' '-Plp'

filestart '-q29646' '-p241810' '-t2003-02-18-16:15:57.095'
'-Aomard at MUTT+8' '-nomard' '-Plp'

fileend '-b9' '-T36' '-q29646' '-p241819' '-t2003-02-18-16:16:31.076'
'-Aomard at MUTT+8' '-nomard' '-Plp'

end '-b9' '-T42' '-q29645' '-p241819' '-t2003-02-18-16:16:35.070'
'-Aomard at MUTT+8' '-nomard' '-Plp'

jobend '-HMUTT' '-nomard' '-Plp' '-kcfA008MUTT' '-b752686'
'-t2003-02-18-16:16:35.000'

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All I need to do is pull out the user (-nomard, -name omard) and the
number of pages printed (fileend -p241819, subtract filestart -p241810).

I can think of ways of pulling a single variable out (username, #pages
at start, #pages at end), but can't figure out how to pull out all 3
simultaneously.

i'm hoping to parse through the past year's worth of logs and create a
cumulative total, broken down by user and month.

I recently saw a perl regex that could do this, but it was too complex
for me to follow.

Any suggestions, pointers, tips?  I really need this report fairly soon,
unfortunately.

TIA

Jonathan Glass