in reply to how to speed lookups?
What is $linecontainsbuf{$searchfield} = $line for @validbufs; doing? You're also going to have memory issues because you're, essentially, loading both files into RAM.
My criteria for good software:
Best would be to sort the two files on the relevant keys (using an external sort program), then iterate through the filehandles. Remember - once you've seen something in %valid_bufs, you can't see it again.
My criteria for good software:
- Does it work?
- Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?
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