$ cat -te tt1.txt camel^I42$ pearl^I94$ dromedary^I69$ $ cat -te tt2.txt camel^I8$ hello^I12345$ dromedary^I1$ $ perl -MText::CSV_XS=csv -wE'csv(in=>*ARGV,sep=>"\t",out=>undef,on_in=>sub{$x{$_[1][0]}+=$_[1][1]});printf"%-20s %6d\n",$_,$x{$_}for sort keys%x' tt?.t camel 50 dromedary 70 hello 12345 pearl 94