my $str = "br>94.198.240.132:60988 asdfasdf 174.142.24.201:3128 asdfas +dfasdf"; if (my @matches = $str =~ m{ ([0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0- +9]{1,3}:[0-9]{1,5}) }xmsg) { print qq{matched @matches}; } #### my $str = "br>94.198.240.132:60988 asdfasdf 174.142.24.201:3128 asdfasdfasdf"; ($p1, $p2, $p3 , $p4 , $p5) = ($str =~ /([0-9]{1,3}).([0-9]{1,3}).([0-9]{1,3}).([0-9]{1,3}):([0-9]{1,5})/g); print "$p1 $p2 $p3 $p4 $p5 \n";