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Hello!
Hmm... Is it goot enougth?
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $zm = "ble ble book uff uff cover asdf asdfa ala book coverr"; $zm = join(' ', grep {/\b(book|cover)\b/} (split / /,$zm)); print $zm;
greets
uksza

Update (\b) thanks Zaxo