sub getClients{
    my @tuples = map [split '   ', $_] grep { !/^(?:#|$)/ } @file;
    foreach(sort {$a->[1] cmp $b->[1]} @tuples){
        my ($cltnbr, $cltname) = @$_;
        print "<a href='#' title='$cltnbr' name='$cltname' onclick='fillText(this);'>$cltname</a><br />";
    }
}