I have a script to eliminate duplicates. here is the file that it reads from: 
161248,/vol/filelist,CABINET
161200,/vol/filelist,INVENTORY
161400,/vol/filelist,INVENTORY

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I'd like it to identify the duplicated line (/vol/filelist,INVENTORY) and print out this last line (which would correspond to the #161400 in the first column. This is what I have so far: 
open my $FH2, '<', '/tmp/fileread' or die "unable to open file 'file' 
+for reading : $!";
open my $FH6, '>', '/tmp/tst.txt' or die "unable to open file 'file' f
+or reading : $!";

my %duplicates;
while (<$FH2>) {
    chomp;
    my ($column_1, $column_2, $column_3) = split /,/;
    print {$FH6} "$column_1\n" if defined $duplicates{$column_2} &&   
+ $duplicates{$column_3};
    $duplicates{$column_2}++;
}
close $FH6;
close $FH2;
open my $fh, '<', '/tmp/tst.txt' or die "unable to open file 'file' fo
+r reading : $!";
while (my $line = <$fh>) {
print $line;
}
close $fh;

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This doesn't work. I can get it to work somewhat if I leave: 
 my ($column_1, $column_2) = split /,/;
    print {$FH6} "$column_1\n" if defined duplicates{$column_2};
    $duplicates{$column_2}++;

But this only causes the last 2 lines of the file to be deleted, and I
+ want the last line deleted because on the last line both columns 2 a
+nd 3 are the same.

So what I am really looking for is to print the # in the first column 
+which corresponds to both column 2 and 3 being the same.

161248,/vol/filelist,CABINET
161200,/vol/filelist,INVENTORY
161400,/vol/filelist,INVENTORY

In the last line, column 2 (/vol/filelis) and column3 (INVENTORY) are 
+the same.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

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In reply to printing the first column when both columns 2 and 3 are the same by novice2015

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