open (FH, 'out.txt'); print FH "start" . $type . "end"; close FH; #### my $type = ""; if ($msgString =~ m/Typ\s*:\s*(\w+)/i) { $type = $1; $type =~ s/\r\n//g; }#if print "start" . $type . "end"; #### print "start" . $type . "end\n"; print "$type\n"; print "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx$type\n";