use strict;
my $str = 'foo B7R, B9R, B12R, B12M 430mm Disc 2005 > foo B7R, B9R, B12R, B12M 430mm Disc 2005 >B7R, B9R, B12R, B12M 430mm Disc 2005 >B7R, B9R, B12R, B12M 430mm Disc 2005 >B7R, B9R, B12R, B12M 430mm Disc 2005 >B7R, B9R, B12R, B12M 430mm Disc 2005 >';
my $regex = qr/(.*?>)(?=(?:.*?\1)+$)/mp;
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