use strict; use warnings; my @db= qw /db1 db2/; my @commands =( "HPRMCLI exch create -s EXCHDAGNODE1 ", "HPRMCLI exch mount -h RMEBackupSvr", "HPRMCLI exch validate -level Log", "HPRMCLI exch unmount ", "HPRMCLI exch remove ", "HPRMCLI exch create -s EXCHDAGNODE2 -nc", "HPRMCLI exch mount -h RMEBackupSvr", "HPRMCLI exch validate -level Full", "HPRMCLI exch unmount ", "HPRMCLI exch remove "); my @out_com; for (@commands) { push @out_com, $_; if (/exch remove/) { for my $database (@db) { print map {"$_ -mdb $database \n"} @out_com; } @out_com = (); } }