#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; $|++; #flush output to stdout as soon as possible my @files = glob '*.txt'; my $pat = qr/^x2=(0.[6-9])$/; my $pat1= qr/^z2=(0.[6-9])$/; my $pat3= qr/^some_t2=(0.[6-9])$/; foreach my $file (@files){ my ($var_one, $var_two, $var_three); #your var names to be checked print "checking '$file'\n"; open my $fh, '<', $file or die "..."; while (<$fh>) { #use regex to put something inside $var_one, $var_two.. chomp $_; if ($_ =~ $pat) {$var_one = $1; print "\tfound:'$_'\n"} if ($_ =~ $pat1) {$var_two = $1; print "\tfound:'$_'\n"} if ($_ =~ $pat3) {$var_three = $1; print "\tfound:'$_'\n"} } # #if (all vars needed are defined and pass your check){ print "$file IS VALID\n"; system 'mv $file /new/path' } if (defined $var_one && defined $var_two && defined $var_three ) { print "FILE $file has a valid content ( x2=$var_one, z2=$var_two, some_t2=$var_three)\n"; # system "mv $file x:/valid_files" } }