$row{test_name} will contain any of these values, "BEFORE-AFTER.etest" "DEFAULT.etest" "ORDER-ROLLBACK.etest" "{PRCIII.etest: logging size 100}" "ROLLBACK.etest" "SIDE-EFFECTS.etest" "SYNTAX.etest" #then i check for PRC if( $row{test_name} =~ "PRC" ) { print "PRC-------"; }