#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $page = <<__EOT; jksjdsjk some\@one.com nnbcx jdsjl;'pejbkscd (aaa\@bbb.com) sdkmlsd __EOT my @emails = ($page =~ /\b\S+?\@\S+?\b/gs); foreach (@emails) { print "$_\n"; }