print "$_" if /\b12345\b| \b12346\b| \b20034\b| \b8787\b| \b31337\b| \b31338\b| \b54320\b| \b54321\b/x; #### print "$_" if (/\b12345\b/ or /\b12346\b/ or /\b20034\b/ or /\b8787\b/ or /\b31337\b/ or /\b31338\b/ or /\b54320\b/ or /\b54321\b/); #### my @ports = map { qr/$_/ } ("\b12345\b", "\b12346\b", "\b20034\b", "\b8787\b", "\b31337\b", "\b31338\b", "\b54320\b", "\b54321\b"); while () { for my $port (@ports) { if ($_ =~ $port) { print; last; } } }