I have some files that contain similar data.
Something along the lines of:

File1.txt

Name,SSN,File
"Doe John",123456789,3447

File2.txt

Name,Salary,ZIP
"Doe, John",50000,10003

I would like to merge (join?) this data together. I have 7 or 8 files like this. The only constant (unfourtunately) is the Name. Of course as people get married and learn how to spell the Name occasionally changes.

My goal is to write something that will merge the file and create two files: Matches and Exceptions. I have read some things (5.10, 14.4, 14.8) in the Perl Cookbook but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around some of this stuff.

any ideas?
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