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Here is a brief sample of my input data: 
(brief sample of data, with at least one example of each thing to be c
+aptured)

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Here is a brief sample of what I want my perl script to produce as output: 
(brief sample, with "# comments" if needed, of what you want to create
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Here is the perl code I've tried so far: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# whatever you've got in terms of perl code...

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Organize your thoughts so that you can pose a clear question.

In reply to Re: Data-Parsing: parsing a huge number of files by graff
in thread Data-Parsing: parsing a huge number of files by Perlbeginner1

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