my %ARR1 = uid(); foreach my $TAB (keys %ARR1) { if (-e "$ARR1{$TAB}/MY_FILE") { open (FH2, "<$ARR1{$TAB}/MY_FILE"); while (my $STRING = ) { if ($STRING =~ /BASE_PORT=(\d+)/) { my $STRING = $1; print "$TAB --> $STRING"; } } } } sub uid { my %UID_PATH; open (FH1, ") { my @UID = split (/:/, $_); if ($UID[2] > 500) { my $USER = "$UID[0]"; #%UID_PATH = ("$USER" => '$UID[5]'); $UID_PATH{$USER} = "$UID[5]"; } } return %UID_PATH; }