C:\test>perl -F\t -anle"$sums[$_]+=$F[$_] for 0 .. $#F; }{ printf qq[Column:%u total:%u\n], $_, $sums[$_] for 0 .. $#sums" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ^Z Column:0 total:12 Column:1 total:15 Column:2 total:18