$1 = "Cell ID for First Cell: MCC: 310 MNC: 64 LAC: x'44D CI: x'MAD023"; #This is what I want to print. %Firstcell = ( "Cell ID for First Cell: MCC: 310 MNC: 64 LAC: x'44D CI: x'4F07", "Cell ID for First Cell: MCC: 310 MNC: 64 LAC: x'44D CI: x'MAD023", Cell ID for First Cell: MCC: 310 MNC: 64 LAC: x'44D CI: x'270B", "Cell ID for First Cell: MCC: 310 MNC: 64 LAC: x'44D CI: x'APPL2B"); #### if ($lastheading = "MSTerminating") { if (grep "$1", @lines) { print "$_"; } }