my @caught = /\{([^}]+)/g; next unless @caught; say for @caught; #### #!/usr/bin/perl $fn = "/home/t8.g"; open FP, "$fn" or die "Error in write:$!"; while () { my @caught = /\{([^}]+)/g; next unless @caught; say for @caught; print @caught, "\n"; } #### dummy_core/pads/hdmi_tx_1 dummy_core/pads/hdmi_tx_2 dummy_core/pads/hdmi_tx_3 dummycore/pads/hdmi_tx_4 dummy_core/pads/IO_vdd_right25 dummy_core/pads/IO_gnd_right2dummy_core/pads/dummy_dig22 dummy_core/pads/dummy_dig23 dummy_core/pads/comp_pad1 dummy_core/pad/CORE_vdd1