ls -l 

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str split using /\s+(?![Prop|Dashboard|\(])/

## changing to /\s+(?!(Prop|Dashboard|\())/ fucking fixed it!!!

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array
  0 => 
    array
      0 => string '-rw-r--r--' (length=10)
      1 => string '1' (length=1)
      2 => string '3000' (length=4)
      3 => string '3000' (length=4)
      4 => string '588346' (length=6)
      5 => string 'Jan' (length=3)
      6 => string '21' (length=2)
      7 => string '12:09 hourly_pv_trend (1).xls' (length=29)
  1 => 
    array
      0 => string '-rw-r--r--' (length=10)
      1 => string '1' (length=1)
      2 => string '3000' (length=4)
      3 => string '3000' (length=4)
      4 => string '588346' (length=6)
      5 => string 'Jan' (length=3)
      6 => string '21' (length=2)
      7 => string '21:09 hourly_pv_trend (10).xls' (length=30)
  2 => 
    array
      0 => string '-rw-r--r--' (length=10)
      1 => string '1' (length=1)
      2 => string '3000' (length=4)
      3 => string '3000' (length=4)
      4 => string '588346' (length=6)
      5 => string 'Jan' (length=3)
      6 => string '25' (length=2)
      7 => string '04:20 hourly_pv_trend (100).xls' (length=31)
  3 => 
    array
      0 => string '-rw-r--r--' (length=10)
      1 => string '1' (length=1)
      2 => string '3000' (length=4)
      3 => string '3000' (length=4)
      4 => string '588346' (length=6)
      5 => string 'Jan' (length=3)
      6 => string '25' (length=2)
      7 => string '05:09 hourly_pv_trend (101).xls' (length=31)

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