#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; open IN, 'data.txt' or die$!; my @colSum; while(){ chomp($_); my @colArray = split(/\s/,$_); for(my $i = 0; $i <= $#colArray; $i++){ $colSum[$i] += int($colArray[$i]); } } foreach my $ j(0 .. $#colSum){ print "Sum for column",$j,"is: ",$colSum[$j],"\n"; }