use strict; use warnings; use autodie; open my $pids, '<', 'pids'; my %ids; while (my $line = <$pids>) { chomp $line; my (undef, $id) = split /\|/, $line; $ids{$id} = 1; } close $pids; open my $fids, '<', 'fids'; while (my $line = <$fids>) { my ($id, $rest) = split /;/, $line, 2; if ($ids{$id}) { print "Found id '$id' in line $line"; } } close $fids; #### 810000001;08/17/1957 810000002;12/02/1975 810000003;12/22/1982 810000004;11/01/1967 810086196;02/07/1981 810000006;12/27/1967 810000007;05/09/1981 810000008;05/14/1976 810000009;10/24/1981 810000010;11/17/1943 #### dn: cn=*****,ou=users,|810221480 dn: cn=*****,ou=users,|810039655 dn: cn=*****,ou=users,|810086196 dn: cn=*****,ou=users,|810008482 dn: cn=*****,ou=users,|810224329