#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; our %code; while (<>){ chomp; my @tokens = split " ", $_; my $protein = shift @tokens; for my $token (@tokens) { $code{$token} = $protein; } } foreach my $key (sort keys %code){ print "$key\t$code{$key}\n"; } #### A ABC DEF GHI JKL B QRS TUV WXY C EYE LUV YOU #### ABC A DEF A EYE C GHI A JKL A LUV C QRS B TUV B WXY B YOU C