#!/usr/bin/env perl open (my $data, "<", "test.txt") or die "There was a problem opening: $!"; my @primers = <$data>; close $data; chomp @primers; use strict; use warnings; use Algorithm::Combinatorics qw(combinations); my $strings = \@primers; my $iter = combinations($strings, 2); while (my $c = $iter->next) { print "@$c\n"; }