There's not a lot to go on here. Could you give us an example of the format of the lines in the file $provision_log ? Are you sure you've captured the transaction IDs correctly? (print them out to make sure).

Based on the format you've given, the transaction ID should be capturable by: 

my ($transaction_id) = $transaction_line =~ /:(\d+)$/;

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(be sure to wrap that in an if to make sure you're getting a match!)

Oh, and a little 'elegantizer' for reading from the PROLOG file handle: 

while (my $pro_logline = <PROLOG>) {
 chomp $pro_logline;

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In reply to Re: String matching question by arturo
in thread String matching question by vonman

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