$ cat npn.txt 11111111 10001781 11111222 #### $ cat first_file.txt abc,,,, abc,10001781,,, abc,10001782,,, abd,10001783,,, #### $ cat test.pl use strict; use warnings; use Text::CSV_XS "csv"; my %npn = map { chomp; $_ => 1 } do { local @ARGV = "npn.txt"; <> }; csv (in => "first_file.txt", filter => { 2 => sub { !exists $npn{$_} }}); #### $ perl test.pl abc,,,, abc,10001782,,, abd,10001783,,,