while () { @array = split(",", $_); $array[2] =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/; chomp $array[2]; $xch0{$array[2]}++; } while () { @array2 = split(",", $_); $array2[2] =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/; chomp $array2[2]; if (!defined $xch0{$array2[2]}) { print "DN of extra record is: $array2[2]"; } else { next; } }