my $eq_qq = qr/ \s+ = \s+ "([^"]*?)" \s* /x; #!" my $long_regex = qr/^\s+ /x; #!" if ($line =~ $long_regex) { print "$1\n$2\n$3\n$4\n$5\n$6\n$7\n$8\n$9\n$10"; }