print "=====================================\n"); print "| INBOUND TRACK 1 | INBOUND TRACK 2 |\n"); print "=====================================\n"); open my $IN1, "<", "inbndtrk1.txt" or die "could not open inbndtrk1.txt" ; open my $IN2, "<", "inbndtrk2.txt" or die "could not open inbndtrk2.txt" ; while (my $in1 = <$IN1>) { chomp $in1; $in1 = s/:/ /; my $in2 = <$IN2>; $in2 = s/:/ /; print "$in1|$in2"; } #### while (my $in1 = <$IN1>) { chomp $in1; $in1 =~ s/:/ /; my $in2 = <$IN2>; $in2 =~ s/:/ /; print "$in1|$in2"; }