my %file1Hash; my $value4; open my $file1, "<","design.rpt.csv" or die $!; open my $file2, "<","summary.rpt.csv"or die $!; open my $outfile_1, ">", "combined.rpt.csv" or die $!; while(<$file1>){ my($line) = $_; chomp $line; my($key,$value1,$value2,$value3) = $line =~ /(\w+),(\d+.\d+),(.\d+\s+\d+.\d+.)/g; $value4 = "$value1,$value2,$value3,"; push @{$file1Hash{$key}}, $value4; } while(<$file2>){ my ($line) = $_; chomp $line; my($key,$value1,$value2,$value3,$value4,$value5,$value6,$value7) = $line =~ /(\w+|\S+),(\d+),(\d+),(\d+),(\d+.\d+),(\d+.\d+),(\d+),(\d+.\d+)/g ; if (exists $file1Hash{$key}) { print $file1Hash{$key}.",".$line."\n"; } else { # print $line."\n"; } } close $file1; close $file2; close $outfile_1; exit 0;