#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @files = ( "mmu-miR-16-1-3p 8", "mmu-miR-1-1-3p 8", "mmu-miR-500", "mmu-miR-16-1-3p 8" ); my %pattern_count; map $pattern_count{$_}++, @files; print "filename $_ patten count $pattern_count{$_}\n" for keys %pattern_count;