I have a text file with a lot of long file names. I am trying to match a line of text with different file extensions as follows (I know this code snippet doesn't work, but you get the idea).
$test = "some_text=\"asdfasdftest.123\"";
$extensions="123,456";
if ($test =~ /some_text=".*\.$extensions"/i) {
print "IT MATCHES\n";
}else{
print "It does not match\n";
}
In other words, I am looking for a match if the line equals:
some_text="something.123"
or
some_text="asdf.456"
but not
some_text="asdf.457"
I want to match that entire line with several different file extensions. I am hoping I can do it without a loop.
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