Creating a Simple Searchable Database -

One of the most useful applications of Perl is its ability to search through structured files for information, and use that information in generating a report. What I am talking about is the famous flat file database. In the simplest scenario, we may have a few fields to store information. The same format is then used for many different entries.

The information is structured in such a way that it resembles a spreadsheet. One line (or row) is an entry in the database. Each field is separated by a delimiter character. This can be a tab, a comma, a pipe (