If you know what is directly before the information you need, try changing the input record separator. Any time you think "unique", you most likely will want a hash.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

$/ = 'authDataAlias=';

my %no_dupes;

foreach my $line (<DATA>)
{

     if ($line =~ m/^"(.*?_DM\S+)"/i)
        {
        $no_dupes{$1} = 0;
        }
}

print "$_\n" for keys %no_dupes;

__DATA__
<factories xmi:type="resources.jdbc:CMPConnectorFactory" xmi:id="CMPCo
+nnectorFactory_1195273978412" name="dataSource" authMechanismPreferen
+ce="BASIC_PASSWORD" authDataAlias="cell-tstc-65_DM/userQ" connectionD
+efinition="ConnectionDefinition_1054132487569" cmpDatasource="DataSou
+rce_1195273954323"><factories xmi:type="resources.jdbc:CMPConnectorFa
+ctory" xmi:id="CMPConnectorFactory_1195273978412" name="dataSource" a
+uthMechanismPreference="BASIC_PASSWORD" authDataAlias="cell-tstc-65_D
+M/userQ" connectionDefinition="ConnectionDefinition_1054132487569" cm
+pDatasource="DataSource_1195273954323"><factories xmi:type="resources
+.jdbc:CMPConnectorFactory" xmi:id="CMPConnectorFactory_1195273978412"
+ name="dataSource" authMechanismPreference="BASIC_PASSWORD" authDataA
+lias="cell-tstc-65_DM/userF" connectionDefinition="ConnectionDefiniti
+on_1054132487569" cmpDatasource="DataSource_1195273954323">
<factories xmi:type="resources.jdbc:CMPConnectorFactory" xmi:id="CMPCo
+nnectorFactory_1195273978412" name="dataSource" authMechanismPreferen
+ce="BASIC_PASSWORD" authDataAlias="node-tstc-65_DM/userF" connectionD
+efinition="ConnectionDefinition_1054132487569" cmpDatasource="DataSou
+rce_1195273954323">

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In reply to Re: Need Some help with finding a word in a file by thundergnat
in thread Need Some help with finding a word in a file by was6guy

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