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in reply to reading flat file

Welcome to Perl!
This is easily achievd in Perl and the script to do this won't be very long but there are a few things you need to learn. These are: Have a go at a short script. Doesn't matter if it doesn't work at first. Post it here if it doesn't work and you will receive more help. Good luck!