#!/usr/bin/perl -w open IN, "minmaxin.csv" || die ("did not open infile"); open OUT, ">>minmaxtoprint.csv" || die ("did not open outfile"); while () { my @line = split(/,/, $_); print OUT "$line[0]-$line[4],$line[1]-$line[5],$line[2]-$line[6],$line[3]-$line[7]";} close IN; close OUT;