#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $url = "http://test.usa.com/o/tA\$IXTq\$2ALoYduAJQs\$j.AJQRO-QA/nourl1"; my @arr = split(/\//,$url); $arr[2] =~ s/^www.//; my @arr2 = split(/\./,$arr[2]); print "@arr2"; print "\n",$arr[2];