Hashes are very useful for matching.
use strict;
use warnings;
my %lookup;
{
open(my $file1, '<', 'file1.txt') or die("...");
while (<$file1>) {
chomp;
my @fields = split(/\|/, $_);
$lookup{$fields[0]}{$fields[1]} = $fields[2];
}
}
{
open(my $file2, '<', 'file2.txt') or die("...");
while (<$file2>) {
chomp;
my @fields = split(/\|/, $_);
if (exists $lookup{$fields[0]}{$fields[1]}) {
$fields[3] = $lookup{$fields[0]}{$fields[1]};
} else {
$fields[3] = 'NO MATCH';
}
print(join('|', @fields), $/);
}
}
Tested.
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