#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %F1; my @recs; while (my $line = ) { chomp $line; my @F = split '&', $line; if ($. == 1) { $F1{$_} = 0 for (@F); } die "NF mismatch" if keys %F1 != @F; push @recs, \@F; foreach (@F) { $F1{$_}++ if exists $F1{$_}; } } for my $rec (@recs) { for my $field (@$rec) { print "$field\t" unless exists $F1{$field} and $F1{$field} == $.; } print "\n"; } __DATA__ a=1&b=1&c=1&d=2&e=&f=3 a=1&b=2&c=3&d=2&e=&f=4 a=1&b=2&c=5&d=1&e=&f=5 #### b=1 c=1 d=2 f=3 b=2 c=3 d=2 f=4 b=2 c=5 d=1 f=5