#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %kids=map { split } ; print "Father of $_ is $kids{$_}\n" for @ARGV; __DATA__ 1045316394 1045316144 1045316407 1045316394 1045316419 1045316407 1045316438 1045316419 1045316469 1045316394 1045316492 1045316407 1045316505 1045316492