#!/usr/bin/perl open PWFILE, "/etc/passwd"; while( ) { chomp ; ( $username, $pw,$uid,$gid )=split ":",$_ ; $userid{$username}=$uid; print "line__ ",$count," ",$_,"+++\n" ; $count=$count+1 } while(<>){ chomp; if( defined $userid{$_} ){ print "user ",$_," has a uid of ",$userid{$_},"\n"; }; }