use strict; use warnings; my @array1 = qw (abc_RCF_BM_allocation_0_kl aplc_RCF_BM_allocation_0_in_nml fbe_RCF_BM_allocation_0_in_tvg ap_hu_BM_allocation_0_in_nml); my @array2 = qw(RCF_BM_allocation_0_in BM_allocation_0 RCF_BM_allocation_0); for my $pattern (@array2) { my @results = grep /$pattern/, @array1; print "$pattern is in @results\n"; }