I have two files. FILEA has data in the following format: word1 2 word2 4 word3 1 The first column is the word to search for. The second is a value assigned to that word. FILEB is a text copy of an email. What I would like, is for the script to search the email for word1, word2, etc. I would then like a third file created that shows: word1 3 6 word3 1 1 Total: 7 The words listed are the ones from FILEA found in FILEB. It shows that there were 3 instances of word1 in FILEB for a total value of 6 points. The total at the bottom of the file is the total value of all words from FILEA found in FILEB. Can any one help me please?!?