Hello !!!
I have a problem I need to do a Perl script that do the following (and
frankly I have no clue how)
I have a text file that contains 7 fields
Like this
Book1;document11;document12;document13;document14;document15;document16
Book2;document21;document22;document23;document24;document25;document26
Book3;document31;document32;document33;document34;document35;document36
Book4;document41;document42;document43;document44;document45;document46
Book5;document51;document52;document53;document54;document55;document56
These file is like a huge index file for me, it contains a unique filename
for a document that is store in a common directory, now since I was doing
these alone I had no problem I knew where to save the information and get
the information over 4 months ago I got help (well not exactly) but the
problem is that these other person is saving the documents in another
directory instead of the common one, now I don't know wish one is the most
accurate file, so this is why I need help I need a perl script to do these
1 the script must first read the index file and get the data in column one,
column3,column4,column5
2 with that information can check for the documents in the both directories
like this
book4 has document, document, document (probably like an array)
and with these information go to both directories
and check if document is in there as well as document and document
if they are in both directories I need to compare both file and make
the script
to show me where are different so that I could determine wish is the
most accurate
document, and be able to delete the old document at the same time
save it back to the original
common directory
I cant do it because my knowledge in PERL is very basic if someone feels
petty and help me I really going to appreciate the gesture
Thank you for your time
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