#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; my @files =qw(CQA_frobbish.OUTPUT cQa_blintz.output cqA_pmos_lkg.output); my $ModNameList = 'pmos_lkg'; foreach my $file ( @files ) { if($file =~ m/.output/gi ) { my $name = $file; $name =~ s/.output//gi; $name =~ s/^cqa_//gi; if($ModNameList =~ m/$name/g) { print "Found:$name\n"; } } }