I am trying to match output to a given set of expected output. The matching contains boundary character :
$output =~ /\b$expectedoutput\b/i since I want  abc to be matched to  abc but not to  habcd or  habc or  abcd .
I found out that if there is a forward slash in my expected output then it is not matching even though there may be a backslash in front of it . Example:  $expectedoutput=\/usr\/myname The problem occurs due to the \b (word boundary) that I am using while matching. Is there a way to get these to work together ?
I have full control on what I can put in the expected output so can I modify $expectedoutput somehow to get this scenario to work ?
Thanks.

In reply to backslash and word boundaries while matching by Anonymous Monk

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