#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; say for glob '{' . join('}-{' => map { join ',' => split } ) . '}'; __DATA__ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #### $ pm_2d_comb.pl 1-3-6-8 1-3-6-9 1-3-7-8 1-3-7-9 1-4-6-8 1-4-6-9 1-4-7-8 1-4-7-9 1-5-6-8 1-5-6-9 1-5-7-8 1-5-7-9 2-3-6-8 2-3-6-9 2-3-7-8 2-3-7-9 2-4-6-8 2-4-6-9 2-4-7-8 2-4-7-9 2-5-6-8 2-5-6-9 2-5-7-8 2-5-7-9