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manorhce has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Can you please help on this, I have data like below

1/2/2013 cgoo nreuiheru 1/4/2013 doow reiqrqueih 1/5/2013 hellio ruieqrhfuepqh 1/20/2013 cgoo 3rhquh4ureyh 1/30/2013 yetil jerqohgqrij 2/13/2013 hellio rueqipheruh 2/14/2013 cgoo wehrig4r74378

but I need the data like

1/4/2013 doow reiqrqueih 1/30/2013 yetil jerqohgqrij 2/13/2013 hellio rueqipheruh 2/14/2013 cgoo wehrig4r74378

basically I need the data with respect to second field if it is duplicate then pick the last duplicate

Please let me know if you have anything unclear