^L ( identifies beginning of record in file)


           John Sample
           123 MY ROAD
           Somewhere, Country ZIP
                                                                                       account#

                                                                                       account#
                                     begin-period-date   end-period-value

   message to include 1
   message to include 2


(line 17 should begin here as detail file with varying length. can be 1 line or 100 lines)


(EOE) - which is end of record marker

##</code><code>##

<account#><name><address><city state zip><begin-period-date><end-period-date>

##</code><code>##

open(ADDRESSIN, "filename") || die "could not open file for read: $!\n";
while($line = <ADDRESSIN>)

"this is where I need help"
$line1 = <name>
$line2 = <address>

##</code><code>##

printf "%-40s%-40s\n", $line1, $line2,$line3;