open a text file (tab delimited)
look for a name in the first column
get the row that has the name so i can do stuff to it. 

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open a text file
while I read a line from the file
    look for a name in the first column
    if the name is what I want, do stuff to the row 
end while

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# still pseudo-code here
open inputFile or die
while ( read line from inputFile ) {
    get first item from tab-delimited line
    if ( first item equals "something I need" ) {
        do something important
    }
}
close file