#!/your/perl/here use strict; use warnings; my $last_sign; my $last_y; my $last_x; while (<>) { my ($x,$y) = split; my $sign = $y <=> $last_y; if ( $last_sign <=> $sign ) { print "$last_x $last_y\n"; } $last_x = $x; $last_y = $y; $last_sign = $sign; }