#!/usr/bin/env perl -l use strict; use warnings; my %result; ++$result{join ' --> ' => (split /,/)[1,4]} while ; print "$_ --> $result{$_}" for sort keys %result; __DATA__ 01,AB1,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 02,AB2,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 03,AB1,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 04,AB2,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 05,AB3,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 06,AB4,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 07,AB3,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 08,AB4,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 09,AB1,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 10,AB2,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 11,AB1,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 12,AB2,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 13,AB3,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 14,AB4,CDEF,JAPAN,T2, 15,AB3,CDEF,CHINA,T1, 16,AB4,CDEF,CHINA,T1,