#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $look_for = 'foobar'; my $string = 'this whole script is foobared'; my $result = substr($string,index($string,$look_for),length($look_for)); print $result; #### $str =~ /(Version\s+\d+\.\d+)/; $result = $1; #### grep> cd pub grep> more beer