Thanks to all who replied so promptly.
Duane's explanation captured it best for me.
> From: Duane Bronson
> Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Perl regex question
> Date: Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 06:31:01PM -0400
>
> m// returns an array of ($1,$2,$3...), but your word (\w\S*) is always $1
> even though it's hit multiple times. You're only getting the last hit.
> the /g is useless because of the ^ and $
> [...]
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