use strict; my $ret = `ps v $$`; print "$ret\n"; for ( 1 .. 1000 ){ my $key = ':PERSON-NUM(1:*):NI-NUM(1:*):'; for my $bb ( "PERSON-NUM", "NI-NUM" ){ if ( $key =~ /:$bb *\( *([0-9]+) *: *([0-9\*]+) *\) *:/ ){ $key =~ s/:$bb *\( *[0-9]+ *: *[0-9\*]+ *\) *:/:$bb=1:/; } } } $ret = `ps v $$`; print "$ret\n";