my $content2 = m#(yourregexhere)#i; #### my $content2 = ($_ =~ m#(yourregexhere)#i); #### http://www.page.com/files4/i/90c/93898.gif is not a .jpg file #### m#(www\.page\.com/files\d+/[a-z]/\d\S+\.jpg)#i #### m#(www\.page\.com/files\d+/[a-z]/[^"']+\.jpg)#i