#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings 'all'; my @info; while () { my ($num, $info) = split ' ', $_, 2; if (@info && $num == $info [-1] [0]) { $info [-1] [2] ++; } else { push @info => [$num, $info, 1] } } print map {"@{$_}[0, 1]"} sort {$b -> [2] <=> $a -> [2]} @info; __DATA__ 1 info1 1 info1 1 info1 2 info2 3 info3 3 info3 4 info4 4 info4 4 info4 4 info4 $ ./count 4 info4 1 info1 3 info3 2 info2 $