#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.10.0; my $file = "faketext.txt"; open (FH, "< $file") or die "Can't open $file $!"; my @lines; while () { push @lines, $_; foreach $file(@lines) if(($file =~ /a/) && ($file =~ /e/) && ($file =~ /i/) && ($file =~ /o/) && ($file =~ /u/)) { print $file; }