my @FormGetRes = ( '(10-K )', '(10-K405 )', '(10KSB )', '(10-KSB )', '(10KSB40 )', '(10-KT )', '(10KT405 )', '(10-Q )', '(10QSB )', '(10-QSB )', '(10-QT )', ); @FormGetRes = map { qr{^$_(?!/)}s } @FormGetRes; RELOOP: for my $re ( @FormGetRes ) { if( $form_type =~ $re ) { print OUTPUT "$fullfilename\n"; $count++; last RELOOP; } }