$data =~ m/Line3 : (.*?)\n/s; #### $data =~ m/Line3 : ([^\n]*)/s; #### use warnings; use strict; my $data = join( '', ); print "[$data]\n\n"; $data =~ m/Line3 : (.*?)\n/s or die; print "match: [$1]\n"; $data =~ m/Line3 : ([^\n]*)/s or die; print "match: [$1]\n"; __DATA__ Line1 : Dit is de eerste regel Line2 : Dit is de tweede regel Line3 : Dit is de derde regel Line4 : Dit is de vierde regel