foreach $line (@exceptions) { if ( $line =~ m/^n/ ) { $line =~ s/^n//s; push( @before, $line ); } elsif ( $line =~ m/^i/ ) { $line =~ s/^i//s; push( @implementation, $line ); } elsif ( $line =~ m/^b/ ) { $line =~ s/^b//s; push( @backup, $line ); } elsif ( $line =~ m/^o/ ) { $line =~ s/^o//s; push( @offline, $line ); } }