my @slurp = grep { ! /fubar/ } ; #### my @slurp = grep { ! /fubar/ } ; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \@slurp; __DATA__ asdffubarasdf 1 as;ldja;slk;alskj 2 as;dlkfjfubarasdf 3 as;ldfkj;laksf;lkasj 4 asfd;aslfk 5 fubar 6