Depending on your requirements (is this a one-time thing, size of data, etc, and the 'difference' you want), you could use DBD::CSV (or in-memory tables with DBD::AnyData) and use SQL to JOIN the two tables looking for your desired results.. Something like (note this example is only cases where the id exists in both files--excercise for reader to use LEFT JOIN for the other cases): 
my $sql = <<EOF;
  SELECT
    t1.id,
    SUM(t2.hrs_expected) - SUM(t1.hrs_expected) as hrs_expected_diff
  FROM file1 as t1
    JOIN file2 as t2 ON t2.id = t1.id
  GROUP BY t1.id
  HAVING SUM(t1.hrs_expected) != SUM(t2.hrs_expected)
EOF

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In reply to Re: searching two csv files by davidrw
in thread searching two csv files by dreamer

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