use strict; use warnings; my ( @array, %seen ); while ( my $line = ) { if ( $line =~ /(amazing\.\S+)/ and not $seen{ lc $1 }++ ) { push @array, $line; #print $line; } } print for @array; __DATA__ Today is amazing.nice day Today is amazing.nice but still I haven't done anything Yesterday was just a normal day Tomorrow probably will be amazing.new day