This prints $a_ID and $b_ID to the INACTIVE_LIST just as you told it to do. 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

open( A, '<', 'DUMP_A' )
  or die "Could not open file\n";
open( B, '<', 'DUMP_B' )
  or die "Could not open file\n";
open( OUTPUT, '>', 'INACTIVE_LIST' )
  or die "Could not write to file\n";

my $readA;
my $readB;
while ( defined( $readA = <A> ) ) {
    $readA =~ s/\s+//g;
    my $a_ID = $readA;
    while ( defined( $readB = <B> ) ) {
        chomp($readB);
        my ( $b_ID, $b_acctno ) = split( /\|/, $readB );
        if ( $a_ID =~ /^$b_ID/i ) {
            print OUTPUT "$a_ID|$b_ID \n";
        }
    }
    seek( B, 0, 0 );
}
close OUTPUT;
close A;
close B;

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In reply to Re: Reg: Performance by Khen1950fx
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