while (<>) {
#    next if /^ID/;
    chomp;
    ($table = fileparse $ARGV) =~ s/\.txt$// unless $table;
    $col_cnt{$table} ||=  tr/|//;
    
    my ($gene, $cols) = split /\s*\|\s*/, $_, 2;
    $data{$gene}{$table} = $cols;
    $table = '' if eof;
}