Man, write the stuff! Even if it doesn't work. Write it even- as if you knew what you were doing. It will help us help you. Help us... help you...

Write the script top to bottom how you think it should go, include sample data maybe.. like 20 lines in a heredoc within the script. Do all the things they told you that you should do, use warnings, use strict, -w.. go the distance. Come back, write an update .. and we go from there. :-)