#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; my $path = "/Ordner/wo/alles/liegt"; my $file = "datei_mit_der_mail"; my $gefunden = 0; open(DATA, "<$path/$file") || die "Cannot open $file file!\n"; while () { chomp; $zeile = $_; if ( /^test1;test2;test3/ ) { $gefunden = 1; } if ( $gefunden == 1 ) { if ( $zeile =~ s/\=// ) { print "Debug: $zeile\n"; } } } close (DATA);