use strict;
my $str = '</span></td>
<td width="1%" align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class="small inner" >190 MB</td>
<td width="1%" align="center" nowrap="nowrap" class="small inner" >15</td>';
my $regex = qr/(?<=\<\/span\>\<\/td\>)[\n]?.*((?<=\>).+(?=\<))/p;
my $subst = '';
my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/rg;
print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html