#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; open my $a, "<", "file1.txt" or die "Failed to open File : $!"; open my $b, "<", "file2.txt" or die "Failed to open File : $!"; chomp(my @file1=<$a>); chomp(my @file2=<$b>); close $a; close $b; my $max = @file1; my $min = 0; while ($min < $max) { print "$file1[$min] : $file2[$min]\n"; $min++; }