hello, can i get the regex in perl for fe80::21a:4dff:fe09:4a9a%4 i hav wriiten the code but its executin for othr ipv6 addrs my $value = `ipconfig`; print"$value\n"; if($value =~ /^Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:(.)+IP Address\.\s+\s:+( (\w+\::)+((\w+\:){4})+\w+(\%\d+))/ms) { print ">>>>>>>> Ethernet IP Address $2 \n"; } plz help me out since i am a new to perl.. thankx in advance.