#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $tmpdata = 'tmpdata'; my $DestDevice = 'Box'; my %data; while ( ) { chomp; $data{ $_ } = 1; } open my $TMPDATA, '<', $tmpdata or die "Cannot open '$tmpdata' because: $!"; while ( <$TMPDATA> ) { next if /^(?:$|sh|\s*Source|$DestDevice|Accounting)/; my @fields = split; next if $data{ $fields[ 1 ] }; print join( "\t", @fields ), "\n"; } close $TMPDATA; exit 0; __DATA__ 10.2.9.2 10.2.9.3 10.2.9.6