foreach (split /\n/, $EDM_nonactive_tapelist ) { if (( /\((E\d+)/ ) && ( !m/\*Orig/ ) && ( m/st_9840_acs_0/ )) { local $, = "\t"; #print OUT "$1\n" unless substr($_, 0, 5) eq '*Orig'; #my $fooed = substr($_, 29, 34) ; #print "$fooed \n"; print "$1\n" if substr($_, 29, 34) eq 'E0+'; #print "$_ \n"; exit 0; } }