11299 pts/4    00:00:00 su
11303 pts/4    00:00:00 bash
11403 tty2     00:00:00 bsc_static
11406 tty2     00:00:00 rtpTrau_static
11408 tty2     00:11:30 hullBts_static
11418 pts/4    00:00:00 tail
12157 pts/5    00:00:00 su

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the above lines are part of a file. the first 4 digits (or more) in each line make up the PID number(in this case there are 5 digits)...eg. 11403 the last column of each line has the file name. eg. su i need to find out PID number for the file name "hullBts_static"(in the above case it is 11408.......please mind that "hullBts_static" will not always be in the same line as shown... as the file entries change each time i run it).... then i need to generate a file name using the above found PID. this file name is of the form "frag_ PID.log"... in other words , the new filename will consist the matched PID. this file name will now have to be piped into a shell script file. my code looks like this....is it correct?? 
#!usr/bin/perl

while(<>)
{
if(/^([\d]+)*(hullBts_static)/)
{
my $var1= "frag_$1.log";
}
print STDOUT $var1;
}

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