Something like this?
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my %hash; while(defined(my $line = <>)){ if($line =~ /A:([0-9]+) +B:([0-9]+) +C:([0-9]+) +D:([0-9]+) +CNT:([0 +-9]+) +STR:([0-9]+) +END:([0-9]+)/){ my($a,$b,$c,$d,$cnt,$str,$end) = ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7); my $key = "a:$a,d:$d"; if(exists $hash{$key}){ # B and C will be reported if multiple my $current = $hash{$key}; if($current->{b} ne $b){ $current->{b} = 'MULTIPLE'; } if($current->{c} ne $c){ $current->{c} = 'MULTIPLE'; } # STR is start, we need the least if($str < $current->{str}){ $current->{str} = $str; } # END is end, we need the greatest if($end > $current->{end}){ $current->{end} = $end; } # add to count $current->{cnt} += $cnt; }else{ # new key $hash{$key}{b} = $b; $hash{$key}{c} = $c; $hash{$key}{str} = $str; $hash{$key}{end} = $end; $hash{$key}{cnt} = $cnt; } } } # print the results foreach my $key (keys %hash){ $key =~ /a:(.*),d:(.*)/; my $current = $hash{$key}; my ($a,$d) = ($1,$2); print "A:$a "; print "B:$current->{b} "; print "C:$current->{c} "; print "D:$d "; print "CNT:$current->{cnt} "; print "STR:$current->{str} "; print "END:$current->{end}\n"; }

In reply to Re^3: working with files by choroba
in thread working with files by smanicka

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