#!/usr/local/perl-5.12.3/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; open my $THIDS,"<", "THIDSerrs" or die "Could not open 'THIDSerrs' for reading. $!"; my %data = map {$_ => 1} <$THIDS>; close $THIDS or die "Unable to close 'THIDSerrs' - reading. $!"; open my $mail, "<" , "mail.fil" or die "Could not open 'mail.fil' for reading. $!"; open my $out, ">", "whatever.dat" or die "Unable to open 'whatever.dat' for write. $!"; while (<$mail>) { print $out unless $data{$_}; } close $mail or die "Unable to close 'mail.fil' - reading. $!"; close $out or die "Unable to close 'whatever.dat' from writing. $!";