Should read from two text files, match up "long name", and copy files from oldnumber to shortname directory. 
#!/usr/bin/perl

# Make sure there is a forward slash at the beginning of each string f
+or oldserv and newserv
$oldserv = "./testing";
$newserv = "./testing2";
$usernumfile = "./usrbynum.txt";
$usershortfile = "./srnames.txt";

open USERNUMS, "< $usernumfile" or die "$!";      # open file with use
+r numbers
open SHORTNAMES, "< $usershortfile" or die "$!";# open file with user 
+shortnames
while (<SHORTNAMES>) {                # loop through all lines of shor
+tnames
    my @array2 = split /:/;            # seperate by those ugly colens
+ created by OSX
    $finishedusers{$array2[7]} = $array2[0];# Setup keys:  "Long Name"
+ => "shortname"
}

my %lookup;        # Hash %lookup
while(<USERNUMS>) {    # loop through file with user numbers
    ($v,$k) = /(u\d{3,5})\s+real: (.*?)\s*/;# $v = User ID (u followed
+ by 3-5 digits)  $k = Full Name
    $lookup{$k} = $v;       # Setup hash %lookup with keys "Long Name"
+ => "usernum"
}

%finishedusers = reverse %finishedusers;        # Get rid of those fsc
+king duplicates
my %final;    # Hash %final
while (($fullname, $uid) = each(%final)) {    # Loop through hash
    while (($fullname2, $short) = each(%finishedusers)) {  # another l
+oop.  its hash squared!
        if ($fullname eq $fullname2) {
            system ("cp '$oldserv/$uid/Documents/*' '$newserv/$short/D
+ocuments/'");
            print "Copying Files for $fullname";
        }
    }
}

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