The data still isn't really representative though is it!? :P

Just store the file with the single entries as a hash:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $first = "single_records.txt"; 
my $second = "multiple_records.txt";
warn "tie-ing $first...\n";
tie my %hsh, 'Tie::File::AsHash', $first, split => qr/\s+/
        or die "Problem tying %hash: $!";
open (my $fh, '<', $second) || die "Failed to open $second : $!" ## al
+ways check for success on fh
while (<$fh>){
  my $line = chomp($_);
  my ($id,) = split /\s+/, $line; ## capture id
  ## compare to tied hsh of single records
  if (exists$hsh{$id}){
    print "$line matched $id : $hsh{$id}\n";
  }
}
## tidy up
close $fh || die "Failed to close $second : $!";
untie %hsh;
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Or you can do the other thing i suggestted and hold an array ref of all the lines with a certain id, then print ot all the lines when you see the id in the single record file.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $first = "single_records.txt"; 
my $second = "multiple_records.txt";

open (my $fh, '<', $second) || die "Failed to open $second : $!" ## al
+ways check for success on fh
my %second_records = ();
while (<$fh>){
  my $line = $_;
  my ($id,) = split /\s+/, $line; ## capture id
  push @{ $second_records{$id} }, $line;
}
## tidy up
close $fh || die "Failed to close $second : $!";
## open single record file and compare
open ($fh, '<', $first) || die "Failed to open $first : $!";
while (<$fh>){
  my $line = chomp( $_ );
  my ($id,) = split /\s+/, $line; ## capture id
  if ( exists$second_records{$id} ){
    print (join '', "$line matches records:\n", @{ $second_records{$id
+} });
  }
}
close $fh || die "Failed to close $first : $!";
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Hope this helps.

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