#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $fileName = "file_detail.txt"; open my $fOut, '>', $fileName or die "Can't create '$fileName': $!\n"; print $fOut <)) { chomp ($value); if ($value eq "abc") { print "matched 'abc'\n"; } elsif ($value eq "123") { print "matched '123'\n"; } } #### matched '123' matched 'abc'