use strict; use warnings; use Carp; my $hr_f1 = getlines($ARGV[0]); open(IN,"<$ARGV[1]") or croak "unable to open $ARGV[1]: $!"; while(my $l = ) { my ($k,$v) = getkv($l); if (defined $hr_f1->{$k}) { print "$k|$v|$hr_f1->{$k}\n"; } else { print "$k|$v|NO MATCH\n"; } } sub getlines { my $fn = shift; my %h = (); open(IN,"<$fn") or croak "unable to open $fn: $!"; while(my $l = ) { my ($k,$v) = getkv($l); $h{$k} = $v; } close(IN); return \%h; } sub getkv { my $l = shift; chomp $l; my @l = split /\|/, $l; return "$l[0]|$l[1]","$l[2]"; }