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?

In reply to Re^13: How do I use grep in a script by Flintlock
in thread How do I use grep in a script by Flintlock

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