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}; }