I've run into a small problem with the code (yes, that means it works:-)). In a few data files, I have two different digit lengths in the file. Ex: 10001_at, and 123456_at. I've tried things like adding another if statement, another loop, even placing the \d{6} and \d{5} parameters in different programs. When I use \d{6} parameter, it is able to function correctly and gather the subsequent sequences. When I use \d{5} however, it can't find anything at all except the control sequences, which I know won't pattern match and don't care. SOOO...I know the \d{5} is working because it recognizes sequences that don't match, but won't recognize the 10001_at target name or 6 digit target name either. Any ideas?
NOTE: the first half of the file is the 6 digits, while the second half is the 5 digit target name. Is it possible that the program stops partway throught the file since it can't imediately find a matching pattern? I thought that the $1 would cause it to look for the first matching pattern, no matter where it is in the file....

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