Hi diamondsandperls,
Just some thoughts:
With this: (From your OP), 

my @patterns = ( qr/Record contentId\=\"\d+\"/ );

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You are creating an array of just one element. Which of course would be a better if you just use a scalar variable, like so: 
my $patterns = qr/Record contentId\=\"\d+\"/;

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and then use the modified code print {$final_fh} /$pattern/, "\n"; by choroba.

Secondly, in your while loop, you are not using the data in the variable $_ at all, which are been read from your filehanle.
And ofcourse, you still have to "match" the pattern as showed by the previous answer.
Hope this helps.

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In reply to Re: Storing regex values in an array and processing the array by 2teez
in thread Storing regex values in an array and processing the array by diamondsandperls

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