I will try and provide as much detail about the file and why I am trying to do this. The file is a set of wavelength measurements collected from about 200 individual plants. instrument measures a response for each of the wavelength between 300 nm to 1000 nm in different intervals. Usually, the file contains between 100 to 200 columns depending on the settings and 200 rows (each plant ID). There are about 20 files in total when measurements are completed. I nedd to separate each column and keep the first column(rownames) with each column. I will then analyze each of these files for genetic information for research.

The memory is of no issue since I can run it on a server. I agree, my application is odd for what perl is used for, but I started teaching myself to use it since I am working with large files and need an efficient way to process files. I have been able to write a couple scripts that has made a few tedious task efficient and less mistake prone. That's the gist of it.

Thank you again, Monks.

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