my $kw1="user.alert"; my $kw2="user.crit"; my $kw3="user.err"; my $ukw1="WLAN"; #.... if ( $lines !~ /\Q$ukw1\E/ and ( $lines =~ /\Q$kw1\E/ or $lines =~ /\Q$kw2\E/ or $lines =~ /\Q$kw3\E/ ) ) #....