c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "use Regexp::Common qw /net/; ;; my $records = [ qw(1.2.3.4 12.23.34.45 9.9.9 x.x.x.x anything) ]; ;; my @temp = grep { $_ =~ $RE{net}{IPv4} } @$records; dd \@temp; " ["1.2.3.4", "12.23.34.45"]