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ICE=
30F-WKS (tab) `1781183799.xxx11' (tab) IC---;
ADM34A3F9 (tab) `1781183799.41455' (tab) IC---;
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I have used the following code:
my @ICEU;
my %seen;
my @ICEU = grep { !$seen{$_->[0]}++ } @ICE;
print Dumper \%seen;
The output I am getting is:-
$VAR1 = {
'' => 1218
};