#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my ($wholefile); my (@keys, %SUBS); $SUBS{'b'} = 1; $SUBS{'c'} = 1; local $/; open(H,qq|$ARGV[0]|) or die "USAGE: wierd2.pl "; #sloppy example $wholefile .= ; close(H); foreach (keys %SUBS) { while($wholefile=~m/\b$_\b/g){ push @keys, $_; } } 1;