narrowly re case insensitivity: regexen make it easy.
Instead of your 
foreach($_){$count++;};
033:                 if (($_ ne "Dave") && ($count <= 20))
034:                 {

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a small change such as (untested):
foreach($_){$count++;};
033:                 if (( $_ !~ /dave/i ) && ($count <= 20))
034:                 {

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where the "!~" and the ".../i" make the regex fail if any variant of DAVE, dave, Dave, etc is present...

However, my quick read and slow mind make me wonder if my logic (which follows yours) is correct -- ie, whether you really want a negative there... Resolution left as an exercise for the student...

In reply to Re: Finding names in files by ww
in thread Finding names in files by gzayzay

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