====================================================== if ( $line =~ /^Public Key Type:/ ) { $public_key_type = scalar for 1; $public_key_type =~ s/^\s+//; $public_key_type =~ s/\s+$//; $public_key_type = "$public_key_type"; $public_key_type =~ s/\R//g; print "$public_key_type\n"; } ======================================================