#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use feature 'say'; use experimental 'signatures'; sub main (@lists) { # Remove everything that isn't a letter $lists[0] =~ s/[^a-z]//gi; $lists[1] =~ s/[^a-z]//gi; # Compare the results say $lists[0] eq $lists[1] ? 'true' : 'false'; } main(@ARGV);