Yes, change:

if ($inputline[6] =~ $configitem) {
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to:

if ($inputline[6] =~ /$configitem/i) {
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and then, if $configitem contains “exception”, the line will match “exception”, “MessageException”, “Message.Exception”, etc.

But why are you still making things harder on yourself by losing the benefits of putting:

use strict;
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at the head of your code? Please read Use strict and warnings, then chant The strictures, according to Seuss. :-)

Hope that helps,