The comma doesn't do what you think. Replace it with || and it matches that line. SSCCE:

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie; my %replacements = ( 'user.name@domain.com' => 'uname', 'user@domain.com' => 'user', ); $_ = ' "user@domain.com:Calendar/BCA-513DD600-1B-6967B200"'; #if (m/:Calendar(?=\/)/, m/:Contacts(?=\/)/, m/(?<=\"\/)Users/, m/.+@. ++\"\s=/) { if (m/:Calendar(?=\/)/ || m/:Contacts(?=\/)/ || m/(?<=\"\/)Users/ || m +/.+@.+\"\s=/) { print "Matched\n"; # then replace every occurrence as in list foreach my $key (sort keys %replacements) { s/\b$key\b/$replacements{$key}/g; } } print "$_\n";

In reply to Re: Cannot get Perl to match a specific string in my textfile by hippo
in thread Cannot get Perl to match a specific string in my textfile by skasch

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":



  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.