#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %minmax; foreach (@ARGV) { open(F, "< $_"); while(my $line = ) { chop($line); my @p = split(/\t/,$line); if(!exists( $minmax{ $p[0] }{ min } )) { $minmax{ $p[0] }{ min } = $p[1]; } if($p[1] < $minmax{ $p[0] }{ min }) { $minmax{ $p[0] }{ min } = $p[1]; } if(!exists( $minmax{ $p[0] } { max } )) { $minmax{ $p[0] }{ max } = $p[2]; } if($p[2] > $minmax{ $p[0] }{ max }) { $minmax{ $p[0] }{ max } = $p[2]; } } close(F); } foreach (keys %minmax) { print "$_: min: $minmax{$_}{min} max: $minmax{$_}{max}\n"; }