use List::MoreUtils qw( all first_index indexes ); # Is $l1 in $l2? It's kinda a bit destructive. sub in_list { my ($l1, $l2) = @_; my $head = shift @$l1; my $head_idx = first_index { $head eq $_ } @$l2; return unless defined $head_idx; # Make sure $l2 is still big enough to hold $l1 return unless $#$l2 - $head_idx >= $#$l1; return all { $l1->[$_] eq $l2->[$_ + $head_idx] } indexes @$l1; }