#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Tie::File; use strict; my @pwfile; tie @pwfile, 'Tie::File', 'pwfile.dat' or die $!; # # Find a record my $uid='kkhopper'; my $found=0; foreach my $entry (@pwfile) { my @entries=split(/[\|]/,$entry); $found = 1 if ( $uid eq $entries[1]) and ($entries[3] eq 'shhh!' ); } printf "WHHHOOOPPIE!\n" if $found;