What about the old standard?

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;

print "Please enter your test pattern \n";
chomp($pattern = <STDIN>);
print "Please enter your test strings, 1 at a time,\n";
print "if a match occurs, your pattern will be echoed.\n";

 while(<>){
# print if m!your pattern here!; 
  print if m!$pattern!;
          }
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