Hello Monks, I have two files to compare. One file contains employee data from a database and the other file contains LDAP directory information in LDIF format.

My question is: How would I open both files, read in all of the contents into arrays, key in on the username as a match-point and update the LDIF file with data from the employee database?

This is what the employee data contains: 

dn: uid=simpsonh
givenName: Homer
sn: Simpson
department: Nuclear Control Center
buildingName: Radioactive Hall
telephoneNumber: 218 555-6793
faxNumber: 218 555-6798
title: Nuclear Control Operator
manager: uid=burnsm

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Here is data from the LDIF file: 

dn: uid=simpsonh,ou=People,dc=sfnp,dc=com
userPassword:: e1NTSEF9dkI0NnhHT1A5MTBdgfsdghfSFWHDFW239jhsdv=
cn: Homer Simpson
givenName: Homer
sn: Simpson
mail: simpsonh@sfnp.com
loginShell: /bin/ksh
objectClass: top
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: operator
uidNumber: 111
gidNumber: 101
uid: simpsonh
timeOut: 1128100385
auditDate: Mon Nov  7 04:50:00 2005
memberOf: cn=Operators,ou=Groups,dc=sfnp,dc=com
ssn: 1111
firstTime: 0
homeDirectory: /export/home/simpsonh

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...and this is what it should look like when all said and done: 

dn: uid=simpsonh,ou=People,dc=sfnp,dc=com
userPassword:: e1NTSEF9dkI0NnhHT1A5MTBdgfsdghfSFWHDFW239jhsdv=
cn: Homer Simpson
givenName: Homer
sn: Simpson
mail: simpsonh@sfnp.com
loginShell: /bin/ksh
objectClass: top
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: posixAccount
objectClass: operator
uidNumber: 111
gidNumber: 101
uid: simpsonh
timeOut: 1128100385
auditDate: Mon Nov  7 04:50:00 2005
memberOf: cn=Operators,ou=Groups,dc=sfnp,dc=com
ssn: 1111
firstTime: 0
homeDirectory: /export/home/simpsonh
department: Nuclear Control Center
buildingName: Radioactive Hall
telephoneNumber: 218 555-6793
faxNumber: 218 555-6798
title: Nuclear Control Operator
manager: uid=burnsm

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Thank you in advance for any help and guidance.

In reply to Compare Two Files, Merge Updates from One File to the Other by rycher

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