Based on your sparse spec. this might get you started.
The two things to note are:
- pack & unpack for dealing with fixed width data.
- Storing the data from each line until you've looked at the next line to decide whether it's a full line or an extension.
#! perl -sw
use 5.010;
use strict;
my( $lastID, $lastF1, $lastF2 ) = 0;
while( <DATA> ) {
chomp;
my( $id, $f1, $f2 ) = unpack 'a5 a10 a10', $_;
if( $id && $id == $lastID ) {
if( substr( $f1, 0, 1 ) eq ' ' ) { ## second field extension
$lastF2 .= substr( $f1, 1 );
}
else {
$lastF1 .= $f1;
}
}
else {
say pack 'A5 A20 A20', $lastID, $lastF1, $lastF2 if $lastID;
( $lastID, $lastF1, $lastF2 ) = ( $id, $f1, $f2 );
}
}
__DATA__
12345aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbb
12365sssssssssscccccccccc
12365sssss
12367ddddddddddvvvvvvvvvv
12367 vvvvv
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