I have a text file that looks like that:
Joe,message,red,red,red,blue,red,blue,red,red,red,red
Herbert,joe is ok and so is dan,red,red,red,blue,red,blue,red,red,red,
+red
Default,for people with cert, but no profile,red,red,red,blue,red,blue
+,red,red,red,red
Nobody,for peoplw with no cert,red,red,red,blue,red,blue,red,red,red,r
+ed
Joe Doe,test,red,red,red,blue,red,blue,red,red,red
SSS,2,1,sandbox,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

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And these are what I am getting from the form parameters, on the headers.
http://mypage.com/new/test.pl?opt_1=2&opt_2=1&opt_3=sandbox&opt_4=1&op
+t_5=1&opt_6=1&opt_7=1&opt_8=1&opt_9=1&opt_10=1&ins_company=SSA&t=s

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How do I write a program to read the text file above and search for the first element of the line (it will be the id of what I am loooking for to do the changes) and based on that replace all the elements on the text file with the ones on the headers above? Thank you very much

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