my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 ); $mech->get("http://www.somesite.com/"); my %art; for my $link ($mech->find_link( url_regex => qr/\d{6}/ )) { $link->url() =~ /(\d{6,})/; $art{$1} = 1; } print keys %art;