#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie; my $file_to_search = 'file_to_search'; my $file_of_search_terms = 'file_of_search_terms'; my $file_of_search_counts = 'file_of_search_counts'; my %count; { open my $search_terms_fh, '<', $file_of_search_terms; %count = map { chomp; $_ => 0 } <$search_terms_fh>; } my @search_terms = keys %count; { open my $in_fh, '<', $file_to_search; while (<$in_fh>) { chomp; next if -1 == index $_, 'Z'; for my $search_term (@search_terms) { next if -1 == index $_, $search_term; ++$count{$search_term}; last; } } } { open my $out_fh, '>', $file_of_search_counts; print $out_fh "$_ : $count{$_}\n" for sort @search_terms; }