awk '{print gensub("^\\*\\*", "\\\\**", "g", $0) "\t(sp1_"NR")"}' < $1 > reference_a.trn

cut -f2 $1 > reference.txt
cut -f3 $1 > hypothesis.txt

awk '{print gensub("^\\*\\*", "\\\\**", "g", $0) "\t(sp1_"NR")"}' < reference.txt > reference.trn
awk '{print gensub("^\\*\\*", "\\\\**", "g", $0) "\t(sp1_"NR")"}' < hypothesis.txt > hypothesis.trn

sclite -f 0 -r reference.trn trn -h hypothesis.trn trn -e utf-8 -i rm -o all stdout >> WER_SRR.txt