while () { chomp; # split the line from the wave characters my ($file, $line, $type, $rest) = split(/~/, $_, 4); # was this file found in the previous loop? if (defined $changes{$file}) { # was it a range? if (defined $changes{$file}->[1]) { # skip if this $line is not in this range next unless ($line gt $changes{$file}->[0] and $line lt $changes{$file}->[1]); } else { # skip if this $line is not equal to this single line number next unless $line eq $changes{$file}->[0]; } # if we are here, then this is a match. so print it. print "$_\n"; } }