wlprdadm => uid #s, gid and gecos found on /home/dbsmith/passwd.eipdbmp1.hpux /home/dbsmith/passwd.carappp1.hpux but of course being uid, gid and gecos actual values. Finally, can a hash only contain keys like so: my %hash; my array= (a..d); $hash{$_}++ foreach @array;