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in thread How to use REGEX Match Variable from one 'While' String in Another 'While' String

The regex match only had alphanumeric characters and underscores...

If your $pkt_file doesn't contain regular expressions, it's probably better to use \Q$pkt\E, because that'll prevent your program from doing unexpected things if $pkt does someday for whatever reason contain special characters. Similar to what AnomalousMonk wrote below about $1 $2 $3 etc. it's a "future-proofing" measure.

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