... my $col_name = $elements[1]; # don't print # just count them # print " $col_name \n" if ! $seen{$col_name}++; $seen{$col_name}++; } while ( my ( $col_name, $times_seen ) = each %seen ) { print "$col_name: $times_seen\n"; } #### open (INPUT,"$INFILE") or die "\n$filerror\$INFILE",,1;