$ifconfig = "ifconfig -a"; @nic = qx |$ifconfig| or die( "Can't get info from ifconfig: " . $! ); foreach (@nic) { if (/^fjgi([\d.])/) { $device = $1; if (/inet ([\d.]+)/) { print "test $1\n"; $ip = $1; } print "Device $device has the IP Address of $ip\n"; } }