#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1147112 use Inline::Files; use strict; use warnings; my %id; $id{ s/;.*//sr } .= $_ while ; print delete @id{ map s/\n//r, }, values %id; __FILE1__ 1 HD;BSkyB:11097:VC23M5O25P0S1:S28.2E:23000:2305=27:2307=NAR@4;2306=eng@106:2308;2309=eng:0:21000:2:2066:0 2 HD;BSkyB:11097:VC23M5O25P0S1:S28.2E:23000:2315=27:2316=NAR@4;2317=eng@106:2318;2319=eng:0:21020:2:2066:0 3 HD;BSkyB:11097:VC23M5O25P0S1:S28.2E:23000:2320=27:2321=NAR@4;2322=eng@106:2323;2324=eng:0:21030:2:2066:0 ITV HD;BSkyB:11097:VC23M5O25P0S1:S28.2E:23000:2305=27:2307=NAR@4;2306=eng@106:2308;2309=eng:0:21000:2:2066:0 __FILE2__ 3 HD 1 HD 2 HD