Thanks for the tip about "normalizing whitespace." The input is supposed to be three different input files (to simulate three salesmen's phone lists) and not all part of one file.

I probably didn't explain that well enough. When I run the code, I'm not getting Bob Wilson but once. I don't know why he'd show up twice in yours...perl sure is a tricky lang.

Here's the output I'm getting:

Bob Cartwright  8219870089
Bob Wilson   3324549932, 8888212248
Felix Harris  4333448711
Freddie Sonere  4429089
Gloria Simpson  8215449341
Sam Burr  4550327
Wanda Smith  4449721, 3324329887

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How do I spy on the input to recognize when a client name has been read with more than one phone number and output a list of those?

For example, if I have Gloria Simpson showing up in one list w/ her home number and in another list with her cell number, how do I make a list of her (and others w/ multiple ph. numbers) like this: 

Gloria Simpson 888324543, 7338733
Someone Else 44409323, 4332111

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'Preciate your help.

In reply to Re^2: Combining client phone lists by volcan
in thread Combining client phone lists by volcan

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