use Test::More; my $content = <<""; dr_test_class 2014-07-23 18:01:01-04 my $args = { class => "dr_test_class", timestamp => "2014-07-23 18:01:01-04" }; like $content, qr{$args->{class} .* \Q$args->{timestamp}\E }xis, '/report/classes dr_test_class'; done_testing();