Something like this:

use warnings; use strict; use Inline::Files; my %name_change; while (<FILE_1>) { chomp; next if /^$/; my ( $k, $v ) = split /,/, $_; $name_change{$k} = $v; } while (<FILE_2>) { chomp; s/(uid=)(.+?),/$1$name_change{$2},/ if /uid/; print $_, $/; } __FILE_1__ anakin,james obiwan,nicol skywalker,sarah darthvader,robert __FILE_2__ DN: CN=Itmanagement,OU=Groups,O=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=anakin,OU=Users,o=uni.com DN: CN=ComputerScience,OU=Groups,o=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=obiwan,OU=Users,o=uni.com DN: CN=accoutning,OU=Groups,o=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=skywalker,OU=Users,o=uni.com DN: CN=management,OU=Groups,o=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=anakin,OU=Users,o=uni.com
Output:
DN: CN=Itmanagement,OU=Groups,O=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=james,OU=Users,o=uni.com DN: CN=ComputerScience,OU=Groups,o=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=nicol,OU=Users,o=uni.com DN: CN=accoutning,OU=Groups,o=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=sarah,OU=Users,o=uni.com DN: CN=management,OU=Groups,o=uni.com ChangeType: Modify Add: uniquemember uniquemember: uid=james,OU=Users,o=uni.com

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In reply to Re: How to replace string in file2 that matches first column of file1 with second column of file1 by 2teez
in thread How to replace string in file2 that matches first column of file1 with second column of file1 by anakin30

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