$ perl -e ' my $file = "pm_11157157_text"; system cat => $file; my ($version) = do { open my $fh, "<", $file; <$fh> =~ /([0-9.]+.+$)/; }; print "Version: $version\n"; ' # CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) Version: 7.6.1810 (Core)