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in thread How do I use grep in a script

Can you post an example of the line with Name in ? This is my test file


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Acct:1234  Name:LastName2 Firstname
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Acct:2345   Name:LastName1 Firstname
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Re^11: How do I use grep in a script
by Flintlock (Novice) on Dec 27, 2017 at 17:49 UTC
    STATUS Acct:142424 Disposition:9000 CANCEL Wait: 04/11/17 DEBTOR Name:LastName FirstName Ssn:123456789 Cbr: Ph:555.555.1212

    All of the above is on the same line.

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      The test data posted by poj returns the expected results, so what can be the difference?
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        I have determined what the issue is attempting to add the "Name:" search.

        The Name: is actually on a separate line in the text file ie.

        STATUS Acct:142424 Disposition:9000 CANCEL Wait: 04/11/17 

DEBTOR Name:LastName FirstName Ssn:123456789 Cbr: Ph:555.555.1212

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        So I need to somehow grab both the LastName and the 142424 and concatenate then into LastName_142424_2017.txt

        while (<$fh>){
  next unless /\S/; # skip blank lines
  if (/Acct:(\d+)/){
    $acct = $1;
    if (/Name:([^\s]+)/){
      $acct = $1.'_'.$acct;
    }
  }
  push @{$data{$acct}},$_ if ($acct);
}

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        But this does not take into account for the Name: search to be on another line and still keep ALL the text to be added to the new file.

        Any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

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