Hello Everyone, I am very new to Perl and have been learning it for the last few months now, but I have a scenario here that is a little out of my skill level and seeking help from the Pros on here. I have a report that I was given and need to reformat the report into a cleaner file to import into my system. I haven't a clue how to start to write this code which is why I didn't include one. I know I will need something like a MATCH or FIND, maybe a CHOMP and so one. What I want to do is combine the lines into the matching account. I have included a copy of my INPUT file and the format of my expected OUPUT file. Any help and explanation of the code would be great! Thank you in advance.

input

H123456,20151209,THIS IS A TEST
H123456,20151209,TO COMBINE ALL
H123456,20151209,MY MATCHING LINES
H123456,20151209,INTO THE FIRST LINE
H123456,20151209,THAT MATCHES.
H654321,20151209,MATCH LINES FOR THIS
H654321,20151209,ACCT INTO THE
H654321,20151209,TOP LINE OF THE ACCT
H432165,20151209,SINGLE LINE FOR THIS ONE

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expected output

H123456,20151209,THIS IS A TEST TO COMBINE ALL MY MATCHING LINES INTO 
+THE FIRST LINE THAT MATCHES.
H654321,20151209,MATCH LINES FOR THIS ACCT INTO THE TOP LINE OF THE AC
+CT.
H432165,20151209,SINGLE LINE FOR THIS ONE

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In reply to Match Line And Combine Into One Line by jlope043

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