sub get_arg { shift =~ /\W([^=]+)/; $1; } my $reqid = get_arg(FCP_REQID=103806); # returns 103806 my $login = get_arg(FCP_LOGIN="USER/PASS"); #returns "USER/PASS", desire USER/PASS #### (my $login = get_arg(FCP_LOGIN="USER/PASS") =~ tr/\"//d; __DATA__ FCP_REQID=103806 FCP_LOGIN="USER/PASS" FCP_USERID=3944 FCP_PRINTER="noprint"