#!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Please enter the file name: \n"; $file =; chomp $file; unless(open(FILE, $file)) { print "error opening file $file! \n"; exit; } @f=; close FILE; $outputfile="sorted_ABA_2.5_nw"; unless(open(ABA, ">$outputfile")) { print "error opening file $outputfile \n"; exit; } foreach $line (@f) { @AB=split("\t", $line); #print "@AB"; #print "$AB[1]", "\t"; #print "$AB[2]"; @AA = sort{$a->[1] <=> $b->[1]} @AB; foreach $temp (@AA) { print "@$temp\t", "\n"; } } close ABA;