if (index($input, "/QUOTE") != -1) { my $str = $input; ($pass) = $str =~ m{/QUOTE\sPASS\s(.*?)$}; print $sock "/QUOTE PASS $pass\r\n"; print $sock "QUOTE PASS $pass\r\n"; print $sock "/QUOTE PASS$pass\r\n"; sleep 2; print $sock "QUOTE PASS $pass\r\n"; print "found quote $pass\r\n"; }