If you have more extensive processing than shown it may be worth considering using DBD::AnyData to wrap your file as a database.

use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect ('dbi:AnyData(RaiseError=>1):');
$dbh->func (
    'Docs', 'Fixed',
    [<DATA>],
    {
        col_names => 'name,batch,file,size,date,status,owner',
        pattern   => 'A16 A14 A26 A15 A25 A15 A9'
    },
    'ad_import'
);

my $sql = 'SELECT name, batch, file FROM Docs order by name, batch';
my $sth = $dbh->prepare ($sql);

$sth->execute ();

while (my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref ()) {
    print "$row->{name} has '$row->{file}' and BatchID is $row->{batch
+}\n";
}

__DATA__

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Given data as shown in the OP prints:

user1 has 'New Microsoft Word Docu' and BatchID is 1712
user1 has 'MIGRATE.DLL.698' and BatchID is 1715
user1 has 'test2.txt.542' and BatchID is 1718
user2 has 'amanda test 1 .doc.55' and BatchID is 1705
user2 has 'amanda test 1 .doc.544' and BatchID is 1706
user2 has 'amanda test 1 .doc.411' and BatchID is 1707
user3 has 'amanda test 2.doc.829' and BatchID is 1699
user3 has 'amanda test 2 .doc.610' and BatchID is 1701
user3 has 'amanda test 2 .doc.322' and BatchID is 1702

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To use a file instead of data provided in __DATA__ replace [<DATA>] with the file name and 'ad_import' with 'ad_catalog'.

True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re: read the filename column by GrandFather
in thread read the filename column by roadtest

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