use strict; use warnings; my $namesFile = q{names.txt}; open my $namesFH, q{<}, $namesFile or die qq{open: $namesFile: $!\n}; my @names = <$namesFH>; close $namesFH or die qq{close: $namesFile: $!\n}; chomp @names; # Remove line terminators my $namesPatt = join q{|}, @names; my $dataFile = q{data2.txt}; open my $dataFH, q{<}, $dataFile or die qq{open: $dataFile: $!\n}; # while ( <$dataFH> ) # { # print qq{Found name $_\n} if /($namesPatt)/; my $outFile = q{/home/btobin/data3.txt}; open my $outFH, q{>}, $outFile or die qq{open: $outFile: $!\n}; while ( <$dataFH> ) { print $outFH qq{Found name $_\n} if /($namesPatt)/; } close $outFH or die qq{close: $outFile: $!\n}; # } close $dataFH or die qq{close: $dataFile: $!\n};