open my $data_fh, 'data.txt' or die $!; open my $log_fh, '>>', 'logfile.txt' or die $!; while (<$data_fh>) { chomp; next if /^\s*$/; my ($domain, $IP) = split ','; if ($ip_obj->{src_ip} eq $IP){ print $log_fh "$domain has been found"; } }