masked special characters only for searchstring and not for outputs

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lastseen.pl b/lastseen.pl
index 4d78cc5..7e7e3b1 100644
--- a/lastseen.pl
+++ b/lastseen.pl
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ if ($#ARGV ne 2){
 my $chan=$ARGV[1];
 my $folder=$ARGV[0];
 my $nick=$ARGV[2];
-$nick=~s/\\/\\\\/g;
-$nick=~s/\|/\\\|/g;
-$nick=~s/\^/\\\^/g;
+my $snick=$nick;
+$snick=~s/\\/\\\\/g;
+$snick=~s/\|/\\\|/g;
+$snick=~s/\^/\\\^/g;
 
 my @files;
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ my $log = File::ReadBackwards->new($file) || die $!;
 while ($line=$log->readline()){
 #   $line=$log->readline();
    if ($date eq 0){
-      if ($line =~ m/^\[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}(:[0-9]{2})?\]( Nick change:)? $nick /i && $line !~ m/joined #/ ) {
+      if ($line =~ m/^\[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}(:[0-9]{2})?\]( Nick change:)? $snick /i && $line !~ m/joined #/ ) {
          $date=1;
          $lastaction=$line;
       }
@@ -39,23 +40,23 @@ while ($line=$log->readline()){
       if ($line =~ m/^\[00:00(:00)?\] --- /){
          ($date=$line)=~s/^\[00:00(:00)?\] --- (.*)\n/$2/;
          ($time=$lastaction)=~s/(.*)\[([0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}(:[0-9]{2})?)\](.*)\n/$2/;
-         $l=9+length($nick);
-         $k=12+length($nick);
+         $l=9+length($snick);
+         $k=12+length($snick);
          if ($lastaction=~m/^.{$l}kicked/ || $lastaction=~m/.{$k}kicked/){
-            ($by=$lastaction)=~s/^\[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}(:[0-9]{2})?\] $nick kicked from #.* by //i;
+            ($by=$lastaction)=~s/^\[[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}(:[0-9]{2})?\] $snick kicked from #.* by //i;
             ($reason=$by)=~s/.*: (.*)\n/$1/;
             $by=~s/:.*\n//i;
             
             print "$nick was kicked by $by on $date at $time reason: $reason\n";
-         } elsif ($lastaction=~m/$nick \(.*\) left irc: /i){
-            ($message=$lastaction)=~s/^.* $nick \(.*\) left irc: (.*)\n/$1/i;
+         } elsif ($lastaction=~m/$snick \(.*\) left irc: /i){
+            ($message=$lastaction)=~s/^.* $snick \(.*\) left irc: (.*)\n/$1/i;
             print "$nick has quit on $date at $time saying: $message\n";
          } elsif ($lastaction=~m/Nick change: $nick /i) {
-            ($newnick=$lastaction)=~s/^.*Nick change: $nick -> (.*)\n/$1/i;
+            ($newnick=$lastaction)=~s/^.*Nick change: $snick -> (.*)\n/$1/i;
             print "$nick changed his name to $newnick on $date at $time\n";
          } else {
             if ($lastaction=~m/\)\.$/) {
-               ($message=$lastaction)=~s/^.* $nick \(.*\) left #[a-zA-Z0-9]* \((.*)\)\.\n/$1/i;
+               ($message=$lastaction)=~s/^.* $snick \(.*\) left #[a-zA-Z0-9]* \((.*)\)\.\n/$1/i;
                print "$nick has left on $date at $time saying: $message\n";
             } else {
                print "$nick has left on $date at $time\n";