without actually bothering to read Glenn's insightful message right now, I suspect your text file is just a bunch of data with no ties to anything.
aka,
sam jacks
sam.jacks@mailer.ding
555-5255
lisa hicks
lisa.hicks@mailer.8ding
555-55552
555-52525
now, since all users most likely have at least one field empty, you will never see if something has changed, since that empty value will always satisfy the empty lines.
again, I might be incorrect since you did not provide enough info but guess on it.
if this is the case, switch to ini's will indeed be helpful or change your txt syntax to something more like:
name:sam jacks
title:
mail:sam.jacks@mailer.ding
dept:
phone:
cell:555-5255
that way you will actually be tracking the empty fields as well.
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