Greetings Monks, I have a file that looks something like this: 
CS
CS

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Here is my problem. The current code I have is 
open(PBXNUM1, ">pbxnum1");
open(MYINPUTFILE, "pbxnum");

my %hash;
    while (<MYINPUTFILE>) {
    chomp;
        
    $hash {$_} ++;
    print PBXNUM1 "$_$hash{$_}\n";
    }

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Running the above file thru this hash will return 
CS1
CS2

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While this is great when generating new files, the problem is that CS1 & CS2 already exist, and I need it to begin at CS3. There is a variable, $pbxex, that the user will input to show the number of existing occurances, but no matter how I reference that variable (see below), the hash always begins at "1". Any ideas how I can modify this code to work properly? As usual, I appreciate any and all suggestions. 
open(PBXNUM1, ">pbxnum1");
open(MYINPUTFILE, "pbxnum");

my $hash = $pbxex;
    while (<MYINPUTFILE>) {
    chomp;
        
    $hash {$_} ++;
    print PBXNUM1 "$_$hash{$_}\n";
    }

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In reply to Hash not working as intended by ddrew78

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