$ perl -E ' > @arr = ( > [ 1, 3, 6 ], > [ 8, 8, 8 ], > [ 3, 9, 0 ], > [ 1, 4, 5, 3, 6, 9, 4, 2 ], > [ 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 ], > ); > > @neq = > grep { > $zero = $_->[ 0 ]; > grep { $zero != $_ } @$_[ 1 .. $#{ $_ } ] > } @arr; > > say qq{@$_} for @neq;' 1 3 6 3 9 0 1 4 5 3 6 9 4 2