my $casename = ''; my $count = 0; $/=""; # paragraph input mode while () { if (/^\d+\sof\s\d+\sDOCUMENTS$/mx ... /^No.\s\w+$/mx){ if (/^(.*)/){ $casename=$1;} if (/EDUCATION/g){ $count++;} next;} } print "Case Name: $casename\n"; print "Education: $count\n";