file1: ATCGATGTGT CCGATGCTGA ... file2: CCGATGCTGAggatgtcgcgcagatttaggCCGATGCTGAgagcatgaa... #### my $matched=''; foreach (@probes){ chomp $_; if ($chrom=~/$_/gi) { my $position=pos($chrom); $matched.= "$_\t$position\n"; } }