foreach my $elem (@repos) { my $repo_name = $elem; my $pos = index(lc($repo_name), lc($svnroot)); if ($pos >= 0) { substr($repo_name, $pos, length($svnroot), ''); } print("$repo_name\n"); } #### foreach my $elem (@repos) { if (lc($svnroot) eq substr(lc($elem), 0, length($svnroot))) { print(substr($elem, length($svnroot)), "\n"); } else { print("$elem\n"); } }