use strict; use warnings; my $search = $ARGV[0]; my @strassen = ( 'Blagasse 12', 'Blag. 11', 'Buh Gasse 1', 'Bug G. 2', ); foreach (@strassen) { $_ =~ s/(g)\./$1asse/ig; printf "%s\n", $_; } # printf "%s\n", $search;