#!/usr/bin/perl -w $count = 0; while() { chomp; ($key,$value) = split "\t"; if (!defined($oldkey)) { $oldkey = $key; $count = $value; } else { if ($oldkey eq $key) { $count = $count + $value; } else { print "$oldkey\t$count\n"; $oldkey = $key; $count = $value; } } } print "$oldkey\t$count\n";