#! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; # open file and read from that handle... while ( ) { chomp; print if m/remotely/ ... m/p_agrs/; print $/ if m/p_agrs/; } __DATA__ not me foo remotely bar01 bar02 bar03 p_agrs i am not here foo2 remotely barbar01 p_agrs i am out... #### foo remotelybar01bar02bar03p_agrs foo2 remotelybarbar01p_agrs