Hi, i am currently writing a script to filter out an input file with a waiver file, to an output file. Input file format:

abcd123 klmn123 100.00 1000.00 -900.00 (VIOLATED)
abcd124 klmn124 100.00 1000.00 -900.00 (VIOLATED)
.
.and so on
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Waiver fileformat:

klmn124,100.00,2500.00,"justifiedbyChan","Date:14/4"
.
.and so on
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Ps: waiver file is a filter, menas if watever inside it, the similiar content in input file should change to output format like this:

abcd123 klmn123 100.00 1000.00 -900.00 (VIOLATED)
abcd124 klmn124 100.00 2500.00 -2400.00 (WAIVED)
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my code is like this:

#! /tools/perl/5.8.8/linux/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# Set up a hash to receive the information
my %identifier = ();

# Read the violations file into the hash
open my $filter, '<', $waiver or die;
while (my $vline = <$filter>) {
    
    my ($pins2, $threshold2, $newthreshold2, $note1, $note2, $note3, $
+note4, $note5) = split /\s+/, $vline;
    #$identifier{$pins2}{threshold2} = $threshold2;
    $identifier{$pins2}{newthreshold2} = $newthreshold2;
}

#Read input file line by line
open my $input, '<', $report or die;
open my $output, '>', $result or die;
while (my $wline = <$input>){
    my ($scenario, $pins1, $threshold1, $newthreshold1, $diff, $status
+) = split /\s+/, $wline;
    print $output "$scenario    $pins1    $threshold1    $newthreshold
+1    $diff    $status\n";
    foreach my $okey (keys %identifier) {
    foreach my $skey (keys %{$identifier{$okey}}) {
    if (exists $identifier{$okey}) {
        #my $diff2 = $skey - $threshold1;
        print $output "$scenario    $pins1    $threshold1    $skey    
+$diff    (WAIVED)\n";
            }
    }
    }
}
close $filter;
close $input;
close $output;
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Anyone has any ideas?

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