Hi Singam,

Your question is not clear. Take a look at How (Not) To Ask A Question.

Also always use use strict, use warnings. If i understood your question correctly, here is my try

use strict;
use warnings;

#my $filename = "<test.txt"; #example 1
#my $filename = ">test.txt"; #example 2
#my $filename = ">>test.txt"; #example 3

my $filename = "|test.txt";

if ($filename =~ /^\|\s*test/ )
{
     print "\npipefront\n";
}
elsif ($filename =~ /test\.txt\s*\|$/ )
{
    print "\npipeend\n";
}
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