Yes, the changes to the file in the OP certainly require an updated approach. What have you tried?
I would loop through the file saving each key and either pushing to a data structure if the name matches or resetting and continuing.
Pseudo code for the loop and structure I'd use:
my @matches;
my $FOUND = 0;
my %info = {};
while (<INFILE>) {
chomp $_;
if (($_ =~ /^id/) and ($FOUND)) {
push @matches \%info;
$FOUND = 0;
%info = {}
}
if ($_ =~ /^id/) { (undef, $info{id}) = split / /, $_}
if ($_ =~ /^address/) { (undef, $info{address}) = split / /, $_}
if ($_ =~ /^name/) { (undef, $info{fname}) = split / /, $_}
...
if ($searchPattern eq $info{fname}) {
$FOUND = 1;
}
}
UPDATE: Added 'chomp' and updated 'split' commands as per kennethk suggestions to me.
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