Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 3, near "] String0" (Missing operator before String0?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 4, near "] String1" (Missing operator before String1?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 5, near "] String2" (Missing operator before String2?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 6, near "] String3" (Missing operator before String3?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 7, near "] String4" (Missing operator before String4?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 8, near "] String5" (Missing operator before String5?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 9, near "] String6" (Missing operator before String6?) Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 10, near "] String7" (Missing operator before String7?) syntax error at -e line 3, near "] String0" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. #### my @matches = $initialStr =~ /\d+:\d+:\d+/g; #### my @matches = $initialStr =~ /\[ .*? \] \s* ( \[ .*? \] .* )/gx;