Ok, to be more clear.

I have this code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $patterns = "/path/to/patterns.txt";
my $arg1 = shift;

open (PAT, '<', $patterns) or die "$patterns: $!\n";
my @patterns = <PAT>;.
close(PAT);
chomp @patterns;

my $regex_string = join '|', @patterns;

open( FILE, "<", "$arg1") or die "$arg1: $!\n";
$_ = do { local $/; <FILE> };
close(FILE);

if ( /($regex_string)/is ) {print "\n$arg1\n$1\n";}

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Test list with patterns:
/path/to/patterns.txt 
part1.*part2
Foo bar
Other pattern

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Test file to scan: 
hghghgghghh
part1
fff
part2

jhhjhjkjk

Foo bar
kkjkjkj
Other pattern

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$1 will show all wildcarded text between part1 and part2 and not only the pattern part1.*part2 as it should. 
/path/to/file
part1
fff
part2

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Also, only first pattern found is displayed now. That's not a problem, but I'd also like to know how to display all patterns if a file contains more than one.
Please bear an unexperienced user like me. Thank you!
Regarding the other problem with xml file to scan, I must do more tests to know exactly where the problem is.

In reply to Re^4: Comparing pattern by mrc
in thread Comparing pattern by mrc

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