Folks I need your help cuz I've a file with 100,000 records that need to be compared against a passwd file (300) and then create a third one with the data in the first one and the passwd from the second one set in it.
The format of the first file is:

host xxxxxx "" 0,0 Closed control00/ SOLARIS 0x0+0+0 "TCP"
...
host 222222 "" 0,0 Closed control30/ Linux 0x0+0+0 "TCP"

The second one has a filed tha acts as a key and the passwd as below:

control00 45EF0E4228F59D60521D071AC55E4BAC
...
control30 F93F0F0BC36E597B28D325BD10F99C4B

The third file should looks like:

host 222222 "" 0,0 Closed control30/F93F0F0BC36E597B28D325BD10F99C4B Linux 0x0+0+0 "TCP"

Now you migth think piece of cake for you yes, for me no, I know that I need to read one record in the second file and the read all the records in the first one with this passwd in it and then generate the third and so on, but to be honest I don't know how to open, read & control each of them in perl.

I already reviewed the archive with no luck cuz, there're only examples about comparing files.

Can you help me with this?, I'm lost and desperate.

TIA for your help. Raul

In reply to Need to write a file joining data in another two by ranrodrig

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