Thanks for the HTML::LinkExtor solution.
This will accomplish the task of expanding the image urls.

But, alas, I'm trying to expand my regex ability.
It might be that there isn't a regex that will process expressions with not "http and not "/. But that's what I'm looking for.

my $content =<<"(END)";
jfds k blah="http:/stufff" fjksldf jsdf jsdlfjs
jflds fjsf jfdj blah="/some other stuff" fjsd fjslf s
fjs fjs fjsfj fjsd jjfd jfdjlkf
blah="stuff I'm lookig for" fjdls fsf sjfks
(END)
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Is there a regex that will focus on blah="stuff I'm lookig for" and skip over blah="http:/stufff" and blah="/some other stuff"?

Thanks
Claude