#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %a = qw( 60622 1 60516 1 60201 1 ); my %b = qw( 90210 1 60622 1 12345 1 ); my %c = qw( 11412 1 32134 1 60201 1 ); open OUTPUT_A, ">a.txt" or die "Can't open OUTPUT_A: $!\n"; open OUTPUT_B, ">b.txt" or die "Can't open OUTPUT_B: $!\n"; open OUTPUT_C, ">c.txt" or die "Can't open OUTPUT_C: $!\n"; while () { chomp; my($fn, $ln, $id) = split(",", $_); if (exists $a{$id}) { print OUTPUT_A $fn, $ln, $id; } elsif (exists $b{$id}) { print OUTPUT_B $fn, $ln, $id; } elsif (exists $c{$id}) { print OUTPUT_C $fn, $ln, $id; } } close OUTPUT_A; close OUTPUT_B; close OUTPUT_C; __END__ Homer,Simpson,60622 Clark,Kent,90210 Fred,Flintstone,00987