#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use Carp; my @txt = ( "cn=Gruppenname,ou=Mail,ou=b,o=c", "cn=abcd,ou=a,ou=b,o=C;cn=efgh,ou=a,ou=b,o=c", ); for my $line (@txt) { my @cn = $line =~ /cn=(\w+),/g; print Dumper \@cn; }