#!/usr/bin/perl
my %current = ();
my @fline = ();
my $original = "";
open (DATA, "/export/home/webadm/scripts/backup_scripts/backup_data/1stnodupe");
while () {
my @line = split(/\|/); # split on |
@current{qw/name var1 var2 var3 var4 var5 var6 var7 var8 var9 var10 var11 var12 var13 var14 var15 var16 var17 var18/} = @line;
#------------------------------
# process first two lines
#-----------
if ($line[0] =~ /^\S/) { # if line = Non-White Space Character (equal to first line in 3 line data)
if (keys %current) {
print;
@fline = @line;
$original = $line[0];
}
}
#---------------------------
# process overflow
#---------
elsif ($line[0] =~ /^ (.*)/) {
my $new = $line[0];
@next = split(/ /, $new);
$overflow = $original.$next[1];
print "$overflow\|$fline[1]\|$fline[2]\|\n";
}
#------------------------
# process rtc1 and rtc2
#-----------
else {
print; # print rest of lines
}
}