open(IN, " < $infile" ); my $si=8192; # the number of entries is known my %matrix; while(my $c<$si) { read(IN, my $bin, 4); $data = unpack('N', $bin); my $d = Unshuffle($c); $matrix{$d} += $data; $c++; } close( IN ); open(OUT, " >$outfile" ); foreach my $d (sort {$a <=> $b} (keys %matrix)) { print (OUT pack('V', $matrix{$d})); } close( OUT );