So I have this script and .txt file that iv'e been messing with, brand new to hashing...i'm trying to make the script search for a partial email address, say I would type smith and it would return both email addresses for smith. I have made it so it can read the phone, email and name if I type, Smith,John, but not sure how to make (hash?) to just type smith and get both emails. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

open( PH, "customers.txt" ) or die "Cannot open customers.txt: $!\n";
while (<PH>) {
    chomp;
    ( $customer, $number, $email ) = ( split( /\s/, $_ ) ) [0,1,2];
    $Customer{$customer} = $_;
    $Phone{$number} = $_;
    $Email{$email} = $_;
}
close(PH);

print "Type 'q' to exit\n";
while (1) {
    print "\nCustomer? ";
    $customer = <STDIN>;
    chomp ($customer);
    $address = "";
    $number = "";
    if ( !$customer) {
        print "E-Mail? ";
        $address = <STDIN>; 
        chomp $address;
        if (! $address) {
        print "Number? ";
        $number = <STDIN>; 
        chomp $number;
        }        
    }
    
    next if ( !$customer and !$address and !$number );
    last if ( $customer eq 'q' or $address eq 'q' or $number eq 'q' );
    
    if ( $customer and exists $Customer{$customer} ) {
        print "Customer: $Customer{$customer}\n";
        print "Customer: $Customer{$customer}\n";
        next;
    }
    if ($address and exists $Email{$address} ) {
        print "Customer: $Email{$address}\n";
        next;
    }
    if ($number and exists $Phone{$number} ) {
        print "Phone: $Phone{$number}\n";
        next;
    }
    print "Customer record not found. \n";
    next;
}
print "\nAll done.\n";

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Smith,John (248)-555-9430 jsmith@aol.com
Hunter,Apryl (810)-555-3029 april@showers.org
Stewart,Pat (405)-555-8710 pats@starfleet.co.uk
Ching,Iris (305)-555-0919 iching@zen.org
Doe,John (212)-555-0912 jdoe@morgue.com
Jones,Tom (312)-555-3321 tj2342@aol.com
Smith,John (607)-555-0023 smith@pocahontas.com
Crosby,Dave (405)-555-1516 cros@csny.org
Johns,Pam (313)-555-6790 pj@sleepy.com
Jeter,Linda (810)-555-8761 netless@earthlink.net
Garland,Judy (305)-555-1231 ozgal@rainbow.com

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In reply to The Art of Hashing by Anonymous Monk

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