use List::MoreUtils qw(uniq); open(HD,"File") or die ("Cant open"); $text=; chomp $text; my $n = 6; my $back = $n - 1; my @array = unpack qq{(a$n X$back)*}, $text; @unpacked=uniq @array; for($i=0;$i<=$#unpacked-$back;$i++) { $pattern= $unpacked[$i]; $offset = 0; print "\n$pattern ($n)\n"; print '~' x $n,"\n"; $pos=index $text,$pattern,$offset; while ($pos != -1) { print $pos+1," to ",$pos+$n,"\n"; $offset = $pos + 1; $pos = index($text, $pattern, $offset); } }