#!/usr/bin/perl -w #### my $scanned = `iwlist scan`; ... my @lines = split(/\n/, $scanned); #### chomp( my @lines = `iwlist scan` ); #### if ( $pat =~ m/"/i ) { #### if ( $_ =~ m/ttl/i || $_ =~ m/rtt/i) { #### if ( /ttl|rtt/i ) { #### #trims all quotes from the ESSID string sub trim { my @tr = @_; my @trimmed = split(/"/, $tr[0]); return @trimmed; } ... my $connection = &trim($conn[0]); #### $ perl -le' sub test { my @array = "a" .. "z"; # 26 elements return @array; } my $stuff = test(); print $stuff; ' 26 #### ( my $connection = $conn[ 0 ] ) =~ tr/"//d; #### Please select network by typing it`s name