#!/bin/perl use strict; my @array = ("inhalt", "inhalt2", "inhalt3"); my @array2 = ("inhalt", "inhalt2"); my $found = 0; #achtung O(n^2)!! ;-) foreach my $bla1 (@array) { foreach my $bla2 (@array2) { if ($bla1 eq $bla2) { #gefunden also brich aus schleife aus $found = 1; break; } } if (!$found) { #do whatever you wanna do $found = 0; } }