Hi Guys,

I am new in perl. I have this file:-

2009-01-08 09:29:19    ABCD    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
2009-01-08 09:29:19    ABCD    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)   
+     
2009-01-08 09:29:19    BCDE    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
2009-01-09 09:29:19    FFFF    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
2009-01-08 09:29:19    ABCD    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)
2009-01-08 09:29:19    ABCD    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)   
+     
2009-01-08 09:29:19    BCDE    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)
2009-01-09 09:29:19    FFFF    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)
ANYDATE               FFFF    MS08-003 Works Suite 2007 (KB943975)
and etc.....

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TOTAL PATCH    DESCRIPTION            2009-01-08 2009-01-09 ANYDATE
 3    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)  2            1      1
 3    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)  2            1      1
 1    MS08-003 Works Suite 2007 (KB943975)  0            0      1


Data for 2009-01-08: 
ABCD    943973    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
BCDE    943973    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
ABCD    943973    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)
BCDE    943973    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)


Data for 2009-01-08: 
FFFF    943973    MS08-001 Works Suite 2005 (KB943973)
FFFF    943974    MS08-002 Works Suite 2006 (KB943974)


Date for ANYDATE (for example, 2008-12-08):
FFFF    943974    MS08-003 Works Suite 2007 (KB943975)

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