%file2 = 'Source.txt' ; open(INFO, "<%file2" ) ; #### open(INFO, '## my %table; open(IN, ') { chomp; my($ip, $country) = split(' ', $_, 2); $table{$ip} = $country; } #### open(OUT, '>>conversion.txt') or die; foreach $line1 (@lines1) { if (exists $table{$line1}) { print OUT $line1, ' ', $table{$line1}, "\n"; } } close OUT;