#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; open(MYFILE, "fil") || die "$!"; my@fil=; close(MYFILE); chomp(@fil); my@outcome=grep(/[bBcCdDfFgGhHjJkKlLmMnNpPqQrRsStTvVwWxXzZ]{4,}/, @fil); print @outcome, "\n";